UP Phase 7 Voting Updates: 8.58% polling on 54 seats till 9 am; focus on Varanasi
BJP's allies Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Nishad Party and Akhilesh Yadav's new friends Apna Dal (K), Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) of Om Prakash Rajbhar and others, are key players in the final phase.
Voting for the seventh and the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on Monday, 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. Voting will be held from 7 am to 4 pm on the Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats while in the rest of the segments, it will continue till 6 pm. The districts going to the polls in this phase are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra. The state has 403 Assembly seats and the results of the elections will be declared on March 10.
UP Phase 7 Voting: Polling in PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi
| CONSTITUENCY | POLLING |
| Ajagara | 9.50% |
| Pindra | 9.15% |
| Rohaniya | 8.85% |
| Sevapuri | 10.08% |
| Shivpur | 10.82% |
| Varanasi Cantt | 7.50% |
| Varanasi North | 8.45% |
| Varanasi South | 7.12% |
UP Phase 7 Voting: District wise polling till 9 am
UP records 8.58 per cent voting till 9 am
| DISTRICT | POLLING |
| Azamgarh | 8.08% |
| Bhadohi | 7.41% |
| Chandauli | 7.72% |
| Ghazipur | 8.39% |
| Jaunpur | 8.99% |
| Mau | 9.97% |
| Mirzapur | 8.81% |
| Sonbhadra | 8.39% |
| Varanasi | 8.90% |
UP Phase 7 Voting: Yogi Adityanath appeals to all to vote
“I appeal to all voters to exercise their franchise in the last phase of Assembly elections today. There is enthusiasm among the voters. Your one vote will help ensure good governance in the state,” says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath
UP Phase 7 Voting: Security arrangements
- Over 60,000 police personnel and 845 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed during the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls
- A total of 701 localities have been marked as vulnerable in the seventh phase, while 3,359 polling places have been considered as critical
- 78 Pink Booths (women booths) have been arranged to motivate women to vote, and 12 women inspectors or sub-inspectors and 216 women constables or head constables have been deployed
- All 12,205 polling stations will be covered by the CAPF. Uttar Pradesh has received 845 companies of CAPF
- According to officials, a CAPF company usually has an operational strength of around 70-80 personnel. Out of these, 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
- 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
UP Phase 7 Voting: How many polling booths have been set up?
Voting will be held at 12,205 polling stations and 23,535 polling booths in 177 police station areas
UP Phase 7 Voting: Which are the key constituencies?
The key constituencies in this phase include Azamgarh, Mau, Zahoorabad, Mohammadabad, Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantt and Gyanpur
