Uttar Assembly elections: 8.5% polling in first two hours of voting in phase 7

A total of 613 candidates are in the fray on various seats, including those falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary segment Varanasi.

Voting for the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats began on a dull note on March 6, with only 8.5% of voters exercising their right in the first two hours.

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

The districts where polls are underway in this phase are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.

The voting percentage till 9 a.m. is 8.58%, according the ECI’s Voter Turnout app.

While Azamgarh witnessed 8.08% voting, Bhadohi saw 7.41%, Chandauli 8.39%, Ghazipur 8.39%, Jaunpur 8.99%, Mau 9.97%, Mirzapur 8.81%, Sonbhadra 8.39% and Varanasi 8.90%, it said.

A total of 613 candidates are in the fray on various 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.