2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly Election Phase 1 Voting News: Over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 6 pm on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh, where polling was held across 58 assembly constituencies in 11 districts. Polling closed at 6 pm but those already in queue were allowed to vote, Election Commission officials said. The voting percentage might increase by a bit after final figures comes out. There were reports of technical snags in EVMs at some places, but voting was peaceful, they added.
The ministers whose fate will be decided in this phase include Shrikant Sharma, Suresh Rana, Sandeep Singh, Kapil Dev Aggarwal, Atul Garg and Chowdhury Lakshmi Narayan. Other prominent candidates in the fray include Pankaj Singh, BJP’s state vice president and son of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, late BJP MP Hukum Singh’s daughter Mriganka Singh and Samajwadi Party candidate Nahid Hasan, who was arrested on January 16 under the Gangster Act.
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UP Election 2022 Live Updates: Around 59.8 per cent voting recorded
Only BJP can claim that we did what we promised. Expressways, roads of UP are not just roads, but a Ganga of development... Now people have to decide whom they are going to support in this election: BJP national president JP Nadda at a public meeting in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh records 57.79% voter turnout till 5 pm in the first phase of Assembly elections
This election is to save the Constitution and democracy. Did corruption end during the Yogi government? Truth is double engine government means double corruption: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Bijnor
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 1 Voting Live: Double engine government means free vaccine, ration, construction of roads, medical colleges. Earlier the funds meant for ration, vaccines used to go to 'Attar' friends. Poor people were denied their rights: UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Sambhal
I want to say that only those who have families can understand the pain of a family, but not those who do not have a family. BJP should observe 2 minutes silence for their last manifesto as they could not fulfill the promises made 5 years ago: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Bijnor
UP Election Live Updates: Over 48 per cent votes polled by 3 pm in phase 1 for 58 seats.
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 1 Voting Live: We're proud to have families. A family person will not run away with jhola (bag) & leave family behind. During lockdown, if CM had a family, he would've understood the pain of labourers walking miles to reach their home, said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on PM's remark on dynasty politics
UP Election Live Updates Latest News 2022: Uttar Pradesh witnesses 35.03 per cent voter turnout in the first phase of Assembly elections till 3 pm.
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 1 Voting Live: Akhilesh Yadav says SP-RLD to close doors for the BJP. Yadav also accused the BJP government of deserting labourers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 1 Voting Live: Raju Kohli, a youth dressed as CM Yogi Adityanath arrived at a polling booth in Sector 11 of Noida casts his vote.
UP Election Live Updates Latest News 2022: Congress releases list of 33 candidates.
UP Election Live Updates Latest News: Only BJP has remained a national party, all other parties have become parties of dynasties, 'parivar-vaad', regionalism...Indian National Congress has neither remained national nor Indian, it has become a brother-sister party: BJP chief JP Nadda in Biswan
UP Election 2022 Live Updates: Over 35 per cent voter turnout recorded till 1pm. The Election Commission's data showed that a total of 35.03 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1pm in the first phase across 11 districts.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Samajwadi Party with dynastic politics charge and accused the rival camp of making fake promises to the people of Uttar Pradesh. The sharp remarks came on a day when the electoral battle in the state began with 58 western UP seats going to polls in the first phase. Read More
BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh is very important to ensure small farmers keep on availing benefits of PM Kisan Yojana. 'Teen Talaq' ban ensured justice for muslim women: PM Modi in Saharanpur rally
We're working on a permanent solution for sugarcane farmers. To tackle ups and downs of sugar market, sugarcane will also be used to produce ethanol. Rs 12,000 crore received from sugarcane-based ethanol, which is providing safety to sugarcane farmers: PM Modi in Saharanpur
There is SP-RLD wave in entire UP, especially in Mant. I've visited polling booths since morning. Voters are coming out in large numbers & voting for SP-RLD. The local MLA is an 8-time MLA, he made Mant the most backward tehsil of Mathura...Competition is very easy: Sanjay Lathar
People have decided to vote for those who will ensure 'riots-free' Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi in Saharanpur
EVM & VVPAT malfunction complaints are being addressed immediately. Law and order is maintained at all polling stations, voting underway peacefully. A complaint of a person being stopped from voting in Agra has been found baseless: Chief Electoral officer, Uttar Pradesh
Complaints of EVM malfunction from few polling stations were addressed immediately and polling resumed. Police, paramilitary forces deployed at all polling stations. To attract more voters, we’ve established Pink polling booths for women and selfie points at polling centres: Meerut DM.
Voting % recorded till 9 am-Shamli-7.70%, Muzaffarnagar-7.50%, Bagpat-8.93%, Meerut-8.44%, Ghaziabad-7.37%, G.B.Nagar-8.33%, Hapur-8.20%, Bulandshahr-7.51%, Aligarh-8.26%, Mathura-8.30% &Agra-7.53%. Voting underway in the 11 districts: Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh
Leading the campaign for the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for a double-engine government for fast-paced development while attacking the Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) combine. While Union Home Minister Amit Shah and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tried to put the spotlight back on alleged "exodus" of Hindus from Kairana before 2017, SP president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that people have made up their mind to vote out the BJP from power.
The SP-RLD alliance has centred their electioneering on farmers' issues and has attacked Adityanath over poll promises. BSP chief Mayawati, who started campaigning late, reminded people of her government's track record on law and order in the past. The Congress under the leadership of its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has generated interest as seen in door-to-door campaigns.