UP Election 2022 Voting Updates: 54.18% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in phase 7

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In Pictures | Voting on for seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

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Highest voter turnout was in Chandauli with 38.45%, followed by 38.05% in Mirzapur and 37.08% in Mau district, says ECI

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Would’ve appreciated ‘Operation Ganga’ if Indians were rescued from Ukraine, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday slammed the BJP-led Centre over ‘Operation Ganga’, saying he would have applauded if stranded students were evacuated from war-hit Ukraine directly.

Speaking with ANI, Yadav questioned the claims of having evacuated the students from Ukraine, saying the Centre “failed to evacuate Indians”.

Calling the operation a mere political stunt for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Yadav said, “Don’t know which international recognition they are boasting about. They (BJP-led Centre) failed to evacuate Indians, named evacuation ‘Operation Ganga’ because of the polls in Varanasi. Had they rescued our people from Ukraine directly I would’ve appreciated it.”

– ANI

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Samajwadi Party accuses BJP of booth-capturing in Jaunpur district

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46.40% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm

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Watch | Samajwadi Party’s Yogesh Verma keep an eye on EVMs

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Low voter turnout in Varanasi due to improper arrangements, alleges Congress’ Ajay Rai

Congress leader Ajay Rai on Monday charged that the low voter turnout in the last leg of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was due to the lack of proper arrangements by the local administration.

He also said that Congress will gain a majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

After casting his vote in Varanasi, the Congress leader told ANI: “Not many people can be seen … unlike earlier elections when long queues used to be seen outside the polling booths. They haven’t made proper arrangements, and people are forced to stand in the open. People don’t seem to be excited. Yet, we will get the majority.”

He further said that the important issues of the elections are unemployment and inflation.

The Congress leader claimed that after the polling ends today, the prices of fuel will increase.

ANI

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Voters show their inked fingers

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Elderly man pulls cart carrying wife, disabled women to cast vote in Azamgarh

Defying all odds and with much enthusiasm for exercising his voting power, an elderly man, accompanied by his wife who had a fracture and a disabled woman, arrived at a polling booth by pulling a cart himself in Azamgarh.

Harilal Prajapati, 76, said that other means of transport would not have been viable for them as he himself has a back problem, and the woman accompanying him would not have been able to make it on her own.

Speaking to ANI, he denied having any aspirations from the political parties.

“I have back problem and my wife also not well, hence, used this cart. We have no expectations. Can Rs 500, 1,000 (given by state) cure us?” he asked.

ANI

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35.51% voter turnout recorded by 1 pm

According to the Voter Turnout App, 8.58% voter turnout was recorded by 9 am.

Chanduli had a turnout of 38.45% and Varanasi had a turnout of 33.55%

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Samjavadi Party alleges fake votes being cast at Jaunpur 

Elderly voters are being forced to cast their votes, SP alleges.

They also asked that the Election Commission and the district administration take action immediately.

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21.55 per cent polling recorded in first four hours of voting

Over 21 per cent of voters exercised their right in the first four hours of polling for the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats on Monday.

Voting started at 7 am and will end at 4 pm in Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats while in the rest of the segments, it will continue till 6 pm.

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21.55% voter turnout recorded by 11 am

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Hindustani classical singer Pandit Chhannulal Mishra casts his vote

“I appeal to the public to come out and vote in large numbers. Each vote counts,” says Mishra.

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We’ll win 45-47 seats in Purvanchal region, says OP Rajbhar, President of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party

BJP & SP will not win a single seat in Ghazipur, Mau, Azamgarh, Ambedkar Nagar and Ballia, he added.

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NDA candidates will win all 5 seats in the constituency, says Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel 

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Mirzapur is going to ensure the victory of NDA alliance, says Anupriya Patel

From the point of view of development, Mirzapur has seen many projects coming up, added the Union minister

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Union minister Anupriya Patel casts her vote in Mirzapur

She is also the National President of Apna Dal (Sonelal).

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I have voted keeping in mind the issues of inflation, unemployment, corruption, law & order situation in the state, says BSP MP Afzal Ansari

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BJP will be reduced to 100-150 seats, says BSP MP Afzal Ansari

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UP Minister Ram Shankar Singh Patel casts his vote

Patel said, “Last time we won by 46,000 votes, this time we are hopeful that we will win by double the votes than last time.”

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Congress member Ajay Rai casts his vote

Rai said that proper arrangements haven’t been made for polling and that not many people could be seen. He also added that people don’t seem to be excited.

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Polling is going smoothly at all places, says BD Ram Tiwari

There were complaints of booth malfunction at some places, which has been fixed, added Tiwari, who is the Additional Chief Election Commission Officer in Lucknow.

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Almost 9% voter turnout by 9 am

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8.58% voter turnout recorded by 9 am

According to the Voter Turnout App, 8.58% voter turnout was recorded by 9 am.

Mau had a turnout of 9.97% and Bhadohi had a turnout of 7.41%

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Voters are being ‘provoked’, alleges Samajwadi Party

Some people were instigating voters in Mohammadabad. SP called for the Election Commission and the district administration to take immediate action.

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Voting begins for last phase; 613 candidates in fray on 54 seats

Voting for the seventh and the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on Monday morning, with 613 candidates in the fray on 54 seats, including those falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary segment Varanasi.

The fate of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and several state ministers will be decided in this round, in which 2.06 crore people are eligible to vote.

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Yogi appeals to all voters to exercise their franchise in the last phase of Assembly elections

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Polling is going on peacefully, says District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laksh

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Polling in Mirzapur

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Akhilesh Yadav urges people to vote for a ’new beginning’

The higher the vote, the stronger the democracy, he added.

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Your vote is the basis of a prosperous Uttar Pradesh, says Amit Shah

He appealed to all the voters to vote in maximum numbers to continue the journey of public welfare and development in Uttar Pradesh.

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UP minister Ravindra Jaiswal casts his vote in Varanasi

Voting was delayed by around 40 minutes because the main power switch connected to the EVM remained off due to negligence by the polling officer, says Jaiswal.

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Voting underway in South Varanasi

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Your vote will save UP from rioters, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

He also said that all respected voters must vote for the victory of nationalism, development and good governance.

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People cast their votes in Jaunpur district

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Polling underway in Mau

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UP minister Ravindra Jaiswal says we will win all seats in Varanasi

BJP will get over 350 seats in this Assembly elections, he added. Jaiswal is contesting from Varanasi North Assembly constituency.

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PM Modi urges voters to come in record numbers

He requested all the voters to participate in the seventh and last phase of the assembly elections with full enthusiasm and to create a new voting record.

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Voting begins in Azamgarh

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Voting for the final phase of UP polls begins

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60,000 cops, 845 CAPF companies deployed for last phase of UP polls

Over 60,000 police personnel and 845 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will be deployed during the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Monday, according to officials.

As per the instructions of the Election Commission, all 12,205 polling stations will be covered by the CAPF.  For the seventh phase, Uttar Pradesh has received 845 companies of CAPF, it said.

778 companies have been engaged for booth duty and six companies have been engaged for EVM security duty. The others have been assigned law and order duties, and postings on international and inter-state barriers, according to the statement.

Similarly, it said, duties of 6,662 inspectors or sub-inspectors and 53,424 head constables or constables of the Uttar Pradesh Police have been fixed, along with 19 companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary.

PTI

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Mock voting begins for the final phase