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The Voting for the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls began on Thursday morning, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several prominent faces 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.
As per ANI report, 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 Bharatiya Janata Party to join the Samajwadi Party, is contesting from Fazilnagar.
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.
8.69% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in the sixth phase of #UttarPradeshAssembly elections
Voting is underway in 57 Assembly seats across 10 districts pic.twitter.com/HPAA2WUSB9
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 3, 2022
The districts where polling is being held on Thursday are Ambedkar Nagar, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.
