UP Elections 2022 Sixth Phase Voting Updates: An average 53.31 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several prominent faces are among 676 candidates, who are contesting on 57 seats spread across 10 districts. The voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Around 2.15 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase. Till now, voting for 292 of the 403 Assembly seats has been completed. The final phase of the elections on the remaining 54 seats will be held on March 7.
A total of 676 candidates are in the fray. Prominent of them are Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from the Gorakhpur Urban seat, Congress UP president Ajay Kumar Lallu from the Tamkuhi Raj seat, Samajwadi Party’s Swami Prasad Maurya from the Fazilnagar seat, and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chaudhary from the Bansdih seat, UP minister Surya Pratap Shahi from the Pathardeva seat, Satish Chandra Dwivedi from the Itwa seat, Jai Pratap Singh from the Bansi seat, Shree Ram Chauhan from the Khajani seat, and Jai Prakash Nishad from the Rudrapur seat.
UP Elections 2022 Phase 6 Voting Updates
Polling officials seal Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and VVPATs after conclusion of 6th phase of UP Assembly elections; visuals from a polling booth in Gorakhpur Assembly constituency.
UP Election 2022 Phase 6 Live Updates: over 53 per cent turnout recorded till 5pm
Ambedkar Nagar – 58.68%
Ballia – 51.74%
Balrampur – 48.41%
Basti – 54.07%
Deoria – 51.51%
Gorakhpur – 53.86%
Kushinagar – 55.01%
Maharajganj – 57.48%
Sant Kabir Nagar – 51.14%
Sidharthnagar – 49.83%
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UP Election 2022 Phase 6 Live Updates: Around 46.7 per cent voting recorded till 3pm
District-wise voter turnout till 3 pm:
Ambedkar Nagar – 52.42%
Ballia – 46.50%
Balrampur – 42.51%
Basti – 56.30%
Deoria – 45.37%
Gorakhpur – 46.46%
Kushinagar – 48.55%
Maharajganj – 47.59%
Sant Kabir Nagar – 44.62%
Sidharthnagar – 45.60%
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District-wise voter turnout till 1 pm:
Ambedkar Nagar - 40.36%
Ballia - 36.27%
Balrampur - 29.60%
Basti - 37.49%
Deoria - 35.02%
Gorakhpur - 36.57%
Kushinagar - 39.33%
Maharajganj - 35.39%
Sant Kabir Nagar - 34.33%
Sidharthnagar - 36.51%
The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party's president Om Prakash Rajbhar, who has tied up with the Samajwadi Party for the Uttar Pradesh polls, on Thursday claimed the BJP is fighting for its existence in this election. He asserted the BJP will not be able to even cross double-figure in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Claiming that the people of Uttar Pradesh are in the mood for "complete change", Rajbhar said, "The condition of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has worsened in Gorakhpur district itself, the Samajwadi Party alliance has troubled him this time."
District-wise voter turnout till 11 am:
Ambedkar Nagar – 23.15%
Ballia – 21.85%
Balrampur – 18.81%
Basti – 23.31%
Deoria – 19.64%
Gorakhpur – 21.73%
Kushinagar – 23.23%
Maharajganj – 21.22%
Sant Kabir Nagar – 20.74%
Sidharthnagar – 23.48%
District-wise voter turnout till 9 am:
Ambedkar Nagar - 9.54%
Ballia - 7.59%
Balrampur - 8.10%
Basti - 9.83%
Deoria - 8.44%
Gorakhpur - 8.92%
Kushinagar - 9.69%
Maharajganj - 8.90%
Sant Kabir Nagar - 6.76%
Sidharthnagar - 8.24%
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day sojourn in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi starting March 3, till curtains fall on the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, is seen as a last-ditch effort by the BJP to make a critical difference to the party’s fortunes on 111 seats of eastern UP which go to polls in the sixth and seventh phases. Read More
Among the 676 candidates in the fray in this phase are CM Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban and state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu from Tamkuhi Raj seat. Swami Prasad Maurya, who was a minister in the Adityanath government and had quit the BJP to join the Samajwadi Party, is contesting from Fazilnagar. The Samajwadi Party has pitted the wife of the late Upendra Dutt Shukla, a former BJP leader, against Adityanath. Azad Samaj Party founder Chandrashekhar Azad is also contesting against the Uttar Pradesh chief minister from Gorakhpur Urban. The Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly and Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chaudhary is contesting from Bansdih.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day sojourn in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi starting March 3, till curtains fall on the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, is seen as a last-ditch effort by the BJP to make a critical difference to the party’s fortunes on 111 seats of eastern UP which go to polls in the sixth and seventh phases.
The message is quite clear – the party hopes to repeat its 2017 performance when it won all eight Assembly seats in the districts (BJP – 6, Apna Dal – 2). However, political observers also believe that the campaign is an attempt to subdue the anti-incumbency running high against two ministers from Varanasi who are part of the Yogi Adityanath cabinet.