UP Fourth Phase Voting Update: 9.10% polling across 59 assembly constituencies till 9 am

Voting for 59 Assembly constituencies spread over nine districts in Uttar Pradesh began on Wednesday morning. The polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. This is the fourth phase of the Assembly polls in the state, where elections are to be held in seven rounds. As many as 624 candidates are in the fray in the fourth phase. According to the Election Commission, 2.3 crore people, including 1.14 crore men and 99.3 lakh women, are eligible to vote, for which 24,643 polling booths and 13,817 polling centers have been set up in this phase. The districts where the poling is being held are Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda and Fatehpur. Among the prominent candidates in this phase are Uttar Pradesh Law Minister Brijesh Pathak, SP’s national spokesperson Anurag Bhadauria, former SP minister Abhishek Mishra, former Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly deputy speaker Nitin Agarwal and Aditi Singh.

UP Fourth Phase Voting: Folk Singer Malini Awasthi sings and urges people to cast votes

#WATCH | Lucknow: Folk Singer Malini Awasthi sings and urges people to cast their votes as voting for the fourth phase of #UttarPradeshElections2022 continues. pic.twitter.com/ARNge6UHRG

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UP Fourth Phase Voting: Good voter percentage, says Awanish Awasthi

“If we see the voter percentage of the third round, it is the same as last time. So, it is a good voter percentage. UP has had good percentage. It is our appeal to all voters to cast their vote,” says Awanish Awasthi, Addl Chief Secy, Home Dept, UP Govt

UP Fourth Phase Voting: Rajnath Singh exudes confidence in BJP win

“BJP will not only repeat the history but it is also an undeniable possibility that our number of seats will increase,” says Defence Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh in Lucknow