Polling for UP Election Phase 4 Ends, 61% Voter Turnout Till 5pm
Rae Bareli, Sonia Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency, is voting in the fourth phase, too.
- 61 percent voting was recorded till 5 pm in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh election
- 53 assembly constituencies go into polls in this phase
- In all, 1.84 crore voters, including 1,034 voters from the third gender, will use their franchise
- Raebareli, Sonia Gandhi’s constituency is voting in this phase though she did not campaign in these elections
- In the 2012 assembly polls, the Congress had managed to wrest only six seats in these constituencies
- There are a total of 680 candidates in the fray in the fourth phase, of which 61 are women
61% Voting Till 5pm
The fourth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 61 percent till 5 pm. A total of Rs 13.49 crore was seized in cash by EC officials and 3.26 lakh litre of liquor worth Rs 8.17 crore was seized, reported the Election Commissioner.
55% Voting Recorded Till 4 pm
A voter turnout of 55 percent was recorded till 4 pm in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh polls. The polling time has now ended.
Akhilesh Yadav is Afraid of Donkeys: PM Modi
Campaigning for the fifth phase of election in Bahraich, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Akhilesh Yadav is afraid of donkeys of Gujarat.
Modi also said that when Congress was in power as part of the UPA, it came out with postal stamp on donkeys.
Talking about the SP-Congress alliance, he said that Congress is a sinking ship and will take SP along with it.
The BJP Will Ban Slaughter Houses: Amit Shah
Campaigning for the fifth phase of, BJP President Amit Shah said that the BJP would ban slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh.
Congress, SP, BSP shed buffalo blood but the BJP would make rivers of milk and honey flow. He also told people that the people in the crowd did not get a laptop from Akhilesh Yadav because they were from a different religion.
On Wednesday, Shah had made yet another controversial statement when he coined another acronym for the Opposition.
39 Percent Voting Till 1 pm
39 percent voting was recorded in the fourth phase till 1 pm in the fourth phase of UP polls.
23.78 Percent Voting in Fourth Phase Till 11 am
Banda: 21%
Raebareli: 25.2%
Fatehpur: 22.9%
Jalaun: 24.24%
BSP's Naseemuddin Siddiqui Casts His Vote
BSP leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui casts his vote at booth no 84 in Banda district of UP.
12-15 Percent Turnout Till 10 am in Phase Four of UP Polls
An estimated 12 to 15 per cent of voters turned out to exercise their franchise till 10 am during the fourth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh today.
Polling is on for 53 Assembly constituencies spread over 12 districts, including the backward Bundelkhand region.
The pace of voting was initially slow but picked up gradually as the day advanced, the office of UP Chief Electoral Officer said.
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi Casts His Vote
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi casts his vote at booth no 252 in Allahabad.
Senior Citizens and Differently-Abled Exercise Their Right to Vote
Villagers Boycott Polling Khaga Village
Villagers boycott polling in Fatehpur's Khaga over developmental issues.
No votes were cast in booths 105 and 106, 9 in booth 107 and 8 at booth 109.
UP BJP Chief Keshav Prasad Maurya Votes in Allahabad
Uttar Pradesh’s BJP Chief Keshav Prasad Maurya casts his vote in Allahabad.
After Modi’s ‘SCAM’, Amit Shah Coins ‘KASAB’ for Congress, SP, BSP
BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday dubbed the Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as "KASAB" – adding yet another acronym in the Uttar Pradesh poll campaign. He said development will elude Uttar Pradesh till "Kasab is laid to rest".
Elaborating on the acronym at an election meeting here, he said, in this election, people of UP should get rid of KASAB. I say it again, people of UP should get rid of Kasab. Do not take any other meaning when I say Kasab. What I mean by KASAB is – KA for Congress, SA for Samajwadi Party and B for BSP.
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Congress Candidate Aditi Singh Votes in Raebareli
Congress candidate from Raebareli(Sadar), Aditi Singh casts her vote. She is contesting the polls against BSP's Mohd Shahbaz and BJP's Anita Srivastava.
Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti also casts her vote in Hamirpur.
In her ‘Personal’ Letter to Raebareli, Sonia Gandhi Attacks Modi
A day before Raebareli goes to polls, Congress President Sonia Gandhi wrote a “personal” letter to her core constituency, saying that the region and its people have over the years become the “biggest asset” of her life.
Gandhi, who has been absent from her party’s poll campaign across Uttar Pradesh, also took a dig at the BJP-led centre.
Read the full story on The Quint.
Voting Underway in Jhansi, Raebareli
People have started casting their votes in polling centres in Jhansi and Raebareli in the fourth phase of elections.
Voting has still not started in booth no 481 in Jalaun because the EVM machine is not working.
Clash Between SP and BSP Supporters in Mahoba
SP and BSP supporters got into a fight in Mahoba where four people including Samajwadi Party candidate Siddhgopal Sahu's son were injured.
He was shot and has been rushed to Kanpur for treatment.
Voting For The Fourth Phase Begins
Voting in 53 assembly constituencies in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections began at 7 am on Thursday amid tight security.
BJP’s Siddharth Nath Singh casts his vote in Allahabad.
Key Stats for The Fourth Phase of Polling
Uttar Pradesh goes into its fourth phase of polling on Thursday, with 680 candidates fighting for 53 seats.
Allahabad, Raebareli, Jhansi, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Jalaun, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, and are ready to cast their votes.
Water-scarce and backward Bundelkhand region is also a part of this phase of the polls.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi did not campaign in her constituency Raebareli, a first since 1998 and on Wednesday, the party said "it was a clear sign of generational shift" in the Grand Old Party.
BJP National Secretary Siddharth Nath Singh will be contesting from Allahabad West. Singh is the grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
BSP leader Gaya Charan Dinkar, who was leader of Opposition in the last Assembly, will be contesting from Naraini.
Crorepatis and Criminals
The fate of 680 candidates will be decided by an electorate of 1.84 crore voters, of which 84 lakh are women and 1,032 are third gender.
The candidates are from 6 national parties, 5 state parties and 87 unrecognised ones. 200 Independent candidates are contesting in the fourth phase of polling.
The BSP has the largest number of crorepati candidates contesting.
2012 Assembly Election Winners
In 2012 polls, out of the 53 seats of this phase, the Samajwadi Party won the maximum number with 24, the BJP won 5, the Bahujan Samaj Party won 15, the Congress won 6 and 'others' won 3.
- Raebareli - PECP
- Jhansi Nagar - BJP
- Allahabad West - BSP
- Allahabad North - Congress
- Allahabad South - SP
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