UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Updates, UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Highlights: Voting has concluded for the fifth phase in Uttar Pradesh for 61 constituencies spread across 12 districts where 692 candidates are in the fray. According to the UP State Election Commission, around 54 per cent turnout was recorded till 5 pm with highest 59.64 per cent in the Chitrakoot district and lowest 50.25 per cent in the Pratapgarh district. The state election commission hade made all necessary arrangements to ensure free and fair voting while adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines. The voting started at 7 am and concluded at 6 pm. Around 2.24 crore voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in the fifth phase. The districts that went to the polls were Sultanpur, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Shravasti, Gonda, Amethi, Raebareli and Ayodhya.
Key candidates in the fray in the fifth phase are Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya from the Sirathu seat, Siddharth Nath Singh from Allahabad West, Rajendra Singh alias Moti Singh from Patti, Nand Gopal Gupta Nadi from Allahabad South, Ramapati Shastri from Mankapur, Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya from the Kunda seat, Apna Dal (K) leader Krishna Patel from the Pratapgarh seat, and Aradhana Mishra Mona from Rampur Khas seat. As part of the electioneering for the fifth phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had already crisscrossed the poll-bound constituencies. BJP rivals Akhilesh Yadav, chief of the Samajwadi Party, BSP supremo Mayawati and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra too had toured the constituencies extensively.
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UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: "When these Pariwarwadis (SP) were in power, they used to put obstacles in whatever work we used to bring for development of UP. But in the last five years, the double engine government has tried sincerely for the development of Uttar Pradesh," alleged PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: 53.98 per cent turnout was recorded till 5 pm with highest 59.64 per cent in the Chitrakoot district and lowest 50.25 per cent in the Pratapgarh district.
Amethi: 52.77%
Ayodhya: 58.01%
Baharaich: 55%
Barabanki: 54.65%
Chitrakoot: 59.64%
Gonda: 54.31%
Kaushambi: 57.01%
Pratapgarh: 50.25%
Prayagraj: 50.89%
Rae Bareli: 56.06%
Shrawasti: 57.24%
Sultanpur: 54.88%
UP Election 2022 Live Updates: "We're also planning that in the next five years atleast one person of every family in Uttar Pradesh will be provided with government jobs, employment or self-employment opportunities," said UP CM Yogi Adityanath at a rally in Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: Highest turnout in Chitrakoot
Amethi: 46.35%
Ayodhya: 50.60%
Baharaich: 48.66%
Barabanki: 45.55%
Chitrakoot: 51.67%
Gonda: 46.70%
Kaushambi: 48.70%
Pratapgarh: 44.26%
Prayagraj: 42.29%
Rae Bareli: 46.86%
Shrawasti: 49.38%
Sultanpur: 46.47%
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: Over 46 per cent turnout recorded till 3pm.
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: District wise turnout till 1 pm
Amethi: 35.93%
Ayodhya: 38.74%
Baharaich: 37.25%
Barabanki: 36.23%
Chitrakoot: 39.08%
Gonda: 34.36%
Kaushambi: 37.23%
Pratapgarh: 33.59%
Prayagraj: 30.30%
Rae Bareli: 33.64%
Shrawasti: 36.50%
Sultanpur: 34.85%
UP Election 2022 Phase 6 Voting Live Updates: "They're (BJP) perturbed. They can't seem to remember the day when Swami Prasad Maurya joined us. I was waiting since 2011. Had he joined us after leaving BSP, we need not have seen bad days for 5 years. Had he joined us in 2017, UP would've been forward today," said Akhilesh Yadav in Fazilnagar
34.83% voters turnout recorded till 1 pm in the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, reports news agency ANI.
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UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: 21.39 per cent voters turnout recorded till 11 am in the fifth phase of assembly elections.
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: BJP's Keshav Prasad Maurya casts his vote at a polling booth in Prayagraj, Maharaji Devi of SP casts her vote in Amethi, Jansatta Dal Loktantrik's Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias 'Raja Bhaiya', who is contesting from Kunda, casts his vote at a polling booth in Benti
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: Voting being done peacefully at all places, barring reports of glitch in EVMs at some places. Necessary action being taken: Additional Chief Electoral Officer, BD Ram Tiwari, Lucknow
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: Check district wise voter turnout
Amethi: 8.67%
Ayodhya: 9.44%
Baharaich: 7.45%
Barabanki: 6.21%
Chitrakoot: 8.80%
Gonda: 8.31%
Kaushambi: 11.40%
Pratapgarh: 7.77%
Prayagraj: 6.95%
Rae Bareli: 7.48%
Shrawasti: 9.67%
Sultanpur: 8.60%
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: 8.02 per cent turnout recorded till 9am
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: "Polling delayed at booth 170 of Matera assembly, booth 61 of Barabanki assembly, booth 160 of Ramnagar assembly, booth 35 of Babaganj assembly, booth 369 0f Phoolpur assembly, booth 341 of Gauriganj assembly, booths 288 and 341 of Kurasi assembly, booth 69 of Kaisarganj assembly, booth 42 and 35 of Babganj assembly, booth 148 of Payagpur assembly, booth 41 of Pratapgarh Sadar assembly," claims Samajwadi Party
UP Election 2022 Live Updates: "In 1996 when BJP-SP formed government, 21 ministers were mafias, had criminal background. BJP is responsible for mafiawad in UP, they should be blamed. When I raised the issue in Assembly, Rajnath Singh had replied 'everything is fair in politics'," said Pramod Tiwari, Congress.
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: Mahant Gyan Das, the head priest of Hanumangarhi Temple in Ayodhya, and other seers cast their votes at a polling booth in the constituency.
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: BJP candidate from Amethi Sanjay Singh, UP minister Sidharth Nath Singh & BJP candidate from Allahabad West constituency, BJP MP from Prayagaraj Rita Bahuguna Joshi cast their votes in the fifth phase elections.
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader & party's candidate from Rampur Khas, Aradhana Misra casts her vote at a polling station in Sangramgarh. She says, "Biggest power in a democracy is your vote. Vote for the country & your own future".
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: Voting stopped in Prayagraj due to faulty EVM, claims SP. The Samajwadi Party today alleged that voting was either delayed or stopped due to fault in EVMs at booth number 154 of Barabanki assembly, booth number 323 of Payagpur assembly, GIC College booth of Kadipur Vidhan Sabha, booth number 62, 26,136 of Gauriganj assembly, booth number 300 of Phaphamau Vidhan Sabha in Prayagraj, booth number 58 and 88 of Meja Vidhan Sabha, booth number 274,275 of Phulpur assembly, booth number-263 of Kaushambi district, booth number 2 of Pratapgarh district's Pratappuri assembly constituency, booth number 226 of Nanpara assembly and booth number 45, 219 of Bara assembly, alleged the Samajwadi Party urging EC to rectify the issue.
UP Election 2022 Live Updates: People queue up outside a polling booth in Matera to cast their votes in the 5th phase of UP Election 2022.
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live: Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya offers prayers at his residence as voting in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections gets underway. Maurya is contesting as a BJP candidate from the Sirathu constituency, polling on which is being held today.
UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Voting Live: Voting delayed at booth number 378 of Sirathu Vidhan Sabha and booth number 182 of Sultanpur's Lambhua Assembly, alleged Samajwadi Party seeking Election Commission's intervention.
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UP Election 2022 Phase 5 Live: PM Narendra Modi urges voters to exercise their franchise.
With the completion of polling today, Uttar Pradesh will complete voting for 292 of the total 403 seats in the Assembly. The last two phases of the elections will be held on March 3 and March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.