Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh recorded 12.94 per cent voting till 9 am as voting for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections began at 7 am on Saturday.
Voting is being held on 13 seats in the state, including Varanasi, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the third consecutive time.
Apart from Varanasi, the other seats where voting is taking place are Maharajganj Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Bansgaon (reserved for Scheduled Caste), Ghosi Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Mirzapur and Robertsganj (reserved for Scheduled Caste).
A total of 144 candidates – 134 men and 10 women – are in the fray.
According to the Election Commission (EC), polling percentage till 9 am - Ballia 13.42, Bansgaon 10.37, Deoria 13.74, Ghazipur 10.32, Gorakhpur 12.99, Kushinagar 13.5, Maharajganj 14.44, Mirzapur 14.93, Robertsganj 10.74. Salempur 13.39 and Varanasi 12.66.Uttar Pradesh sends the highest number of 80 members to the lower house of Parliament among all the states.
By-election is also being held for Duddhi (ST) assembly constituency in Sonbhadra district.
The voting percentage in Duddhi at 9 am was 11.64.
Six candidates are contesting from the seat left vacant after the disqualification of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ram Dular following his conviction in a rape case.
According to EC, in the seventh phase, voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm on all Lok Sabha seats except Robertsganj.
Voting will be held in Robertsganj (SC) Lok Sabha seat and Duddhi (ST) assembly constituency from 7 am to 4 pm.
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a direct contest between the BJP-led NDA and INDI block members Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress.Before this, Chief Minister Yog Adityanath had represented Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha five times. Union ministers Mahendra Nath Pandey, Panka Chaudhary and Anupriya Patel are contesting from Chandauli, Maharajganj and Mirzapur respectively.
Afza Ansari, brother of late mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, is in the fray from Ghazipur and Neeraj Shekhar, son of former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar, is contesting from Ballia.
The election campaign for 13 seats ended on Thursday evening.
Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh were among the star campaigners of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav were seen campaigning for their candidates in the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) of opposition parties.Gandhi contested from Rae Bareli in the fifth phase on May 20, Akhilesh Yadav was fielded by SP from Kannauj, where voting took place in the fourth phase on May 13, and Dimple Yadav contested from Mainpuri, where voting took place in the third phase in May. Was. 7.
During the election campaign, the BJP alleged that if the India Bloc came to power, it would bring Muslim reservation and impose "Babri lock" on the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The opposition alliance urged people not to vote for the BJP to "protect" the Constitution and democracy.
In this phase, BJP's main allies, Nishad Party and Om Prakash Rajbhar's Suheldev Bharatiya Sama Party (SBSP) have fielded their candidates. Another BJP ally, Anupriya Patel of Apna Da (Sonelal) is also contesting the elections again.
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting from Varanasi and Gorakhpur seats.State Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said there are 2,50,56,877 voters in the 13 Lok Sabha seats in this phase, which includes 1,33,10,897 men, 1,17,44,92 women and 1,058 voters of the third gender.
Voting is being held on 13 seats in the state, including Varanasi, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the third consecutive time.
Apart from Varanasi, the other seats where voting is taking place are Maharajganj Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Bansgaon (reserved for Scheduled Caste), Ghosi Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Mirzapur and Robertsganj (reserved for Scheduled Caste).
A total of 144 candidates – 134 men and 10 women – are in the fray.
According to the Election Commission (EC), polling percentage till 9 am - Ballia 13.42, Bansgaon 10.37, Deoria 13.74, Ghazipur 10.32, Gorakhpur 12.99, Kushinagar 13.5, Maharajganj 14.44, Mirzapur 14.93, Robertsganj 10.74. Salempur 13.39 and Varanasi 12.66.Uttar Pradesh sends the highest number of 80 members to the lower house of Parliament among all the states.
By-election is also being held for Duddhi (ST) assembly constituency in Sonbhadra district.
The voting percentage in Duddhi at 9 am was 11.64.
Six candidates are contesting from the seat left vacant after the disqualification of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ram Dular following his conviction in a rape case.
According to EC, in the seventh phase, voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm on all Lok Sabha seats except Robertsganj.
Voting will be held in Robertsganj (SC) Lok Sabha seat and Duddhi (ST) assembly constituency from 7 am to 4 pm.
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a direct contest between the BJP-led NDA and INDI block members Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress.Before this, Chief Minister Yog Adityanath had represented Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha five times. Union ministers Mahendra Nath Pandey, Panka Chaudhary and Anupriya Patel are contesting from Chandauli, Maharajganj and Mirzapur respectively.
Afza Ansari, brother of late mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, is in the fray from Ghazipur and Neeraj Shekhar, son of former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar, is contesting from Ballia.
The election campaign for 13 seats ended on Thursday evening.
Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh were among the star campaigners of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav were seen campaigning for their candidates in the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) of opposition parties.Gandhi contested from Rae Bareli in the fifth phase on May 20, Akhilesh Yadav was fielded by SP from Kannauj, where voting took place in the fourth phase on May 13, and Dimple Yadav contested from Mainpuri, where voting took place in the third phase in May. Was. 7.
During the election campaign, the BJP alleged that if the India Bloc came to power, it would bring Muslim reservation and impose "Babri lock" on the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The opposition alliance urged people not to vote for the BJP to "protect" the Constitution and democracy.
In this phase, BJP's main allies, Nishad Party and Om Prakash Rajbhar's Suheldev Bharatiya Sama Party (SBSP) have fielded their candidates. Another BJP ally, Anupriya Patel of Apna Da (Sonelal) is also contesting the elections again.
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting from Varanasi and Gorakhpur seats.State Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said there are 2,50,56,877 voters in the 13 Lok Sabha seats in this phase, which includes 1,33,10,897 men, 1,17,44,92 women and 1,058 voters of the third gender.
