UP Elections 2022 Third Phase Voting Highlights: Over 57 per cent voting was recorded till 5 pm in Uttar Pradesh today where 59 Assembly seats went to polls in a single phase. As per the data shared by the Election Commission, the average polling percentage till 5 pm was 58.95 per cent in Hathras, 57.35 per cent in Firozabad, 59.18 per cent in Kasganj, 63.35 per cent in Etah, 60.82 per cent in Mainpuri, 54.55 per cent in Farrukhabad, 60.22 per cent in Kannauj, 58.33 per cent in Etawah, 57.42 per cent in Auraiya, 58.50 per cent in Kanpur Dehat, 50.88 per cent in Kanpur Nagar, 53.87 per cent in Jalaun, 57.52 per cent in Jhansi, 67.37 per cent in Lalitpur, 57.89 per cent in Hamirpur and 62.01 per cent in Mahoba.
Among the key candidates whose fate were at stake in the third phase of elections was Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav who is contesting from Karhal Assembly constituency. The BJP has fielded Union minister S P Singh Baghel from the seat. The polling will also seal the fate of the SP chief’s uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, who is contesting from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat.
District-wise voter turnout:
Auraiya – 35.03%
Etah – 42.24%
Etawah – 36.27%
Farrukhabad – 35.04%
Firozabad – 38.24%
Hamirpur – 35.82%
Hathras – 36.61%
Jalaun – 37.50%
Jhansi – 32.83%
Kannauj – 37.78%
Kanpur Dehat – 34.40%
Kanpur Nagar – 28.50%
Kasganj – 37.62%
Lalitpur – 42.12%
Mahoba – 38.12%
Mainpuri – 41.14%
Public is unhappy with BJP and this time the elections are about removing it from Uttar Pradesh. They (BJP) are anxious that the public is angry with them, so their language and behaviour has changed: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Saifai, Etawah
Auraiya – 18.51%
Etah – 24.23%
Etawah – 19.83%
Farrukhabad – 19.71%
Firozabad – 24.30%
Hamirpur – 23.30%
Hathras – 22.62%
Jalaun – 21.72%
Jhansi – 19.17%
Kannauj – 21.98%
Kanpur Dehat – 19.84%
Kanpur Nagar – 16.87%
Kasganj – 22.52%
Lalitpur – 25.71%
Mahoba – 23.48%
Mainpuri – 24.45%
An FIR has been filed against BJP’s Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey for sharing her pictures while casting vote. The Kanpur Mayor had even shared the picture of her pressing the EVM button for her party’s candidate.
8.15 per cent voter turnout recorded till 9 am.
District-wise voting percentage:
Auraiya - 7.71%
Etah - 10.11%
Etawah - 6.82%
Farrukhabad - 5.89%
Firozabad - 9.79%
Hamirpur - 9.55%
Hathras - 7.62%
Jalaun - 9.57%
Jhansi - 7.65%
Kannauj - 10.16%
Kanpur Dehat - 6.18%
Kanpur Nagar - 5.79%
Kasganj - 9.55%
Lalitpur - 9.37%
Mahoba - 7.98%
Mainpuri - 11.03%
We will attain the majority number by the fourth phase of Assembly elections. Seats won in the remaining phases of the election will be extra: Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav
In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP got 49 of these 59 seats while the Samajwadi Party won nine. The Congress won one seat and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) lost all seats. The seats voting today are located in the west, central and southern parts of Uttar Pradesh.
I am confident we will witness big victory in this elections. I think that our alliance (Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) & Samajwadi Party) will get around 300 seats: PSP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav
With two phases of polling over and campaigning gaining momentum of the fourth phase, senior Samajwadi leaders including party chief Akhilesh Yadavand his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav today made claims of winning a majority of seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party founder Shivpal Yadav today claimed that the BJP won’t be able to perform this time as people faced problems like inflation, unemployment and corruption in the past five years. Read More
The most keenly watched contest is going to be from the Karhal Assembly seat in phase 3 where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will take on Union Minister and BJP leader SP Singh Baghel. The Karhal seat comes under the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency, dominated by Samajwadi Party since 1993 except in 2002 when BJP won the seat. This is the first time that Akhilesh Yadav is contesting the assembly polls. On the other hand, Baghel is the Agra MP. Read More
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