seventh and terminal phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe focal point of Monday’s polls is Varanasi, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition had won all eight Assembly segments in 2017, bestriding the “Modi wave”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime\u00a0Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi the BJP candidate here is Ravindra Jaiswal in the north recorded 43.90%, but the highest was at Chandauli , which recorded 50.75% voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sonbhadra recorded 49.82%\u00a0and Azamgarh 45.25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rest were as follows: Jaunpur 47.18%, Ghazipur 45.56%,\u00a0Mirzapur 44.64%, and Bhadohi 47.50%<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this final phase as many as 2.06 crore eligible voters will decide the fate of 613 candidates contesting for\u00a054 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most-watched candidates in this phase is former minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is contesting from the Zahoorabad seat. Rajbhar\u00a0had won the seat in 2017 as a candidate of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, which was a BJP ally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2017, BJP along with its allies Apna Dal and SBSP made their inroads by winning 29 seats, but this time SBSP has gone with\u00a0Akhilesh. In the last election, BSP got six seats and Samajwadi Party got 11 seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A voter turnout of 46.40 percent was recorded till 3 pm for the\u00a0seventh and terminal phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. The focal point of Monday’s polls is Varanasi, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition had won all eight Assembly segments in 2017, bestriding the “Modi wave”. Prime\u00a0Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1051,782],"tags":[1978,1716,1981,1797],"yoast_head":"\n
UP Polls: 46.40% Voter Turnout till 3 pm<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n