As polling for the penultimate phase of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, spanning 10 districts and 57 seats, continues, an 8.69 percent voter turnout was recorded until 9 a.m. on Thursday, 3 March.
The Purvanchal belt in eastern Uttar Pradesh will be polled in this phase.
In this round, incumbent Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made his state electoral debut. He’s running for the Gorakhpur Urban seat.
Ambedkar Nagar, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, and Ballia are the districts that will vote on Thursday.
The UP Assembly elections are nearly 70% complete, with five stages completed and voters in 292 of the 403 constituencies having now cast their ballots.
According to most reports, the election was a significantly more competitive campaign between the parties than the 2017 Assembly elections or the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, which were all won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, poses for the camera after voting on Thursday.
On Thursday, yogis from Gorakhnath temple reveal their inked fingers after voting at a polling location.
On Thursday, people waited outside a polling booth in Ballia to vote.
Ravi Kishan, a BJP MP from Gorakhpur, predicted that the saffron party would win 300 seats in the next elections on Thursday.
“In Gorakhpur mandal, we will win all nine seats. In the Purvanchal region, voter turnout will be unprecedented. The BJP is expected to win around 300 seats. The Ram Temple is currently being built. The people of Uttar Pradesh have now opted to construct a ‘Ram Rajya’ here “According to ANI, he stated.
8.69% of eligible voters cast ballots in the UP. Until 9 a.m.
Until 9 a.m., an 8.69 percent voter turnout has been observed.
Wheelchairs are available at polling stations.
Wheelchairs have been placed at voting sites in the sixth phase for the convenience of differently-abled voters. On Twitter, the UP Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) uploaded photos.
Upendra Tiwari, a UP minister, votes in Ballia.
Upendra Tiwari, a UP minister who is running for the Phephna Assembly seat, voted at a voting station in Ballia.
He told ANI, “I am convinced that the BJP will win.”
Anand Swarup Shukla, a minister from Uttar Pradesh, casts his vote.
In the sixth phase of the Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swarup Shukla, who is running for the seat of Ballia, cast his vote.
ANI quoted Shukla as saying, “I implore the general population to vote. In the state, there is a BJP and Yogi Adityanath wave. We are certain that we will be able to secure more than 350 seats.”
After casting his vote, Yogi Adityanath predicted that he will win over 80% of the seats.
“I hope people would vote in large numbers,” Yogi Adityanath told ANI after casting his vote. The BJP will set a record and win a significant number of seats under PM Modi’s leadership. Over 80% of the seats will be won by us. Vote for the BJP if you want growth and security.”
Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, after casting his vote.
PM Modi encourages people to vote.
“The festival of democracy in Uttar Pradesh has entered its sixth phase today,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated in a Hindi tweet. All voters, it is my sincere appeal that they participate in this festival by casting their votes. The power of democracy is your one vote!
In Gorakhpur, Yogi Adityanath casts his vote.
Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, cast his vote h at Primary School Gorakhnath Kanya Nagar Kshetra, in Gorakhpur, for the 6th phase of Uttar Pradesh elections.
The voting process begins.
The penultimate phase of the seven-phase UP Assembly elections, which spans 10 districts and 57 seats, began polling at 7 a.m. on Thursday.
The race between the SP and the BJP is more competitive than it was in 2017.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and its allies, including the Rashtriya Lok Dal, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Mahan Dal, Pragatisheel Samaj Party (Lohia), and Janvadi Party (Socialist), have fought the BJP tenaciously.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, which had a significant advantage going into the elections, had won 325 seats in the 2017 Assembly elections with a large vote share of 41%, the most for any party or alliance in Uttar Pradesh in over two decades.
However, the SP, led by Akhilesh Yadav, has projected in this election. As the main Opposition and captured much of the anti-BJP space in the state.