Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged all voters to exercise their franchise in the last phase of assembly elections. “I appeal to all the voters to exercise their franchise in the last phase of assembly elections today. There is enthusiasm among the voters. Your one vote will help in ensuring good governance in the state.” Yogi Adityanath said.
Meanwhile, a total of 2.06 crore are eligible to cast their votes in the last phase of polling in the state in which 613 candidates are in the fray, including some ministers of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state.
The 54 constituencies where voting is being held today are spread over nine districts of Mau, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chandauli, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra and Bhadohi (Sant Ravidas Nagar).
Watch the election battlefields carefully
Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, and Samajwadi Party bastion Azamgarh are on the electoral battlefield in the final phase of elections.
There are eight assembly seats in Varanasi district – Pindra, Ajra, Shivpur, Rohaniya, Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantonment and Sewapuri. On the other hand Azamgarh district has 10 assembly constituencies – Gopalpur, Sagri, Mubarakpur, Azamgarh, Mehnagar, Atraulia, Nizamabad, Phulpur Powai, Didarganj and Lalganj.
The state has 403 assembly seats and the results of the elections will be declared on March 10.
With agency input
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