Polling in the fifth phase of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections began on Sunday, 27 February. There are 692 candidates in the fray for this phase of the elections, which will span over 12 districts and 61 constituencies.
The voting started at 7 am and will end at 6 pm, where over 2.24 crore voters will decide the fate of the candidates.
The districts that will cast their vote in this phase are Amethi, Ayodhya, Bahraich, Barabanki, Chitrakoot, Gonda, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Shrawasti and Sultanpur. In addition, one seat in Rae Bareli district, where voting took place on 23 February, will also go to the polls in this phase.
Campaigning for the fifth phase ended at 6 pm on Friday, 25 November.
For the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have addressed several rallies at the poll-bound constituencies.

