Uttar Pradesh 5th phase elections 2022 Highlights: The voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 61 seats, covering twelve districts of the state, has ended.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), and Congress are seen as the main contenders in Uttar Pradesh elections 2022.
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The voting started at 7 am on Sunday and ended at 6 pm. As many as 692 candidates were in the fray for the fifth phase and over two crore voters will decide their fate.
The seats are spread across twelve districts of Amethi, Raebareli, Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Bahraich, Shravasti, and Gonda. In 2017, BJP had won 38 seats out of 55, while the SP had retained 15 and the Congress had won two seats.
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Uttar Pradesh 5th phase elections 2022 Highlights:
17:58 pm | Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple, Varanasi.
17:48 pm | 53.98 % voters turnout recorded till 5 pm in the fifth phase of UP Elections 2022.
17:31 pm | Uttar Pradesh | I announced from the Red Fort that the benefits of public welfare schemes should reach 100% of the beneficiaries. When this happens, there will be no possibility of appeasement, no discrimination: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
17:30 pm | We have seen how much people have stooped low in Indian politics but when in Kashi prayers for my death were done, I felt elated. This meant that till my death neither I will leave Kashi nor its people will leave me: PM Narendra Modi at a rally in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
17:27 pm | UP | When these Pariwarwadis (SP) were in power, they used to put obstacles in whatever work we used to bring for development of UP. But in the last five years, the double engine government has tried sincerely for the development of Uttar Pradesh: PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
16:40 pm | Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people gathered for a public rally in his Parliamentary constituency Varanasi.
15:47 pm | 46.28 % voters turnout recorded till 3 pm in the fifth phase of UP Elections.
15:13 pm | We have made 18 new medical colleges in the state, and (construction) work underway in 20. We also set up AIIMS in Gorakhpur. We are also trying that the poor children get to study medical, engineering in their own language: PM Modi in Deoria, UP.
15:12 pm | Some time ago, I laid foundation stones of 9 medical colleges in UP including Deoria's Maharshi Devraha Baba Autonomous State Medical College. This medical college could have been constructed before, but these 'Pariwardis' never prioritized you: PM Modi in Deoria, UP.
14:54 pm | This election is between 'Rashtravadis and Parivarwadis'...Remember how you had to take your vehicles to Gorakhpur in medical emergencies because the then govt didn't pay any heed to people's medical needs here. Many innocent kids died due to brain fever...: PM Modi in Deoria, UP.
14:53 pm | They're perturbed. They can't seem to remember the day when Swami Prasad Maurya joined us. I was waiting since 2011. Had he joined us after leaving BSP,we need not have seen bad days for 5 yrs. Had he joined us in 2017, UP would've been forward today: SP chief in Fazilnagar.
14:34 pm | Defence Min Rajnath Singh says in Bairiya, UP, "...Whatever is happening in Ukraine, we want peace to prevail. Words aren't sufficient to appreciate PM Modi for his role. India never attacked any country. We believe everyone should follow this principle for world peace".
13:58 pm | Prayagraj | An elderly woman was escorted on a stretcher to a polling booth to cast her vote in the 5th phase of UP Elections. " I have to come like this because I have a fracture in my back, but can't let me vote go waste," she said.
13:38 pm | 34.83% voters turnout recorded till 1 pm in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections.
13:25 pm | We don't have oil refineries, we import crude oil... They (Opposition) never paid attention to it... Now, with the help of sugarcane, ethanol can be made. Our govt is establishing a network of Ethanol plant: PM Modi in Basti, UP.
13:15 pm: For decades these 'Parivarwadis' let our armies dependent on other countries, destroyed India's Defence (sector)...But today, we have a Defence corridor being set up in Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi in Basti, UP.
12:16 pm | 'Itar Wale Mitra' accumulated the money in their lockers, focused on 'Sabka Saath Par Sir Saifai Ka Vikas'...Had it been SP govt, COVID vaccines would have been sold in markets, no poor would have received it... BJP ensured no one was deprived of it: UP CM Adityanath in Gorakhpur.
12:12 pm | Aaditya Thackeray had been to UP. I think there is going to be a change in UP. People have made up their minds. In the atmosphere we saw, there is a neck to neck fight. The support for Akhilesh Yadav shows the change: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut.
12:10 pm | I asked an SP leader to list development works done under his party. He replied infrastructure, medical facilities, roads were not their priority... He told me further, "Our agenda was to get the 'Kabristan (cemetry) boundary' made.": Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur.
11:52 am | 21.39% voters turnout recorded till 11 am in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections.
10:30 am | 8.02% voter turnout recorded from 7- 9 am in the fifth phase for 5th phase UP Elections 2022. Voting being done peacefully at all places, barring reports of glitch in EVMs at some places. Necessary action being taken: Additional Chief Electoral Officer, BD Ram Tiwari, Lucknow.
10:13 am | Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya casts his vote at a polling booth in Prayagraj. He is contesting from Sirathu."I appeal to the people to vote in as many numbers as possible. We will secure 300+ seats and form govt." he says.
09:54 am | Maharaji Devi SP candidate from Amethi & ex UP Min Gayatri Prajapati's wife, who's been given life sentence in a case, casts her vote, says, "We'll win,will focus on development like my husband." As polls approached, they convicted my father: Daughter Sudha
09:41 am | 8.02% voters turnout has been recorded till 9 am in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections as the voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 61 seats has began today.
09:36 am | Jansatta Dal Loktantrik's Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias 'Raja Bhaiya', who is contesting from Kunda, casts his vote at a polling booth in Benti, says "Breaking your own record is a challenge in itself...will break my record."
08:55 am| Adequate security deployed at all polling booths. Polling taking place in peaceful atmosphere. Action will be taken against anyone who tries to create problems or indulge in hooliganism to get votes, FIR will be registered and they'll be sent to jail: Prayagraj SSP Ajay Kumar
08:55 am| In 1996 when BJP-SP formed govt, 21 ministers were mafias, had criminal background. BJP is responsible for mafiawad in UP, they should be blamed. When I raised the issue in Assembly, Rajnath Singh had replied 'everything is fair in politics': Pramod Tiwari, Congress on UP polls
08:50 am| Mahant Gyan Das, the head priest of Hanumangarhi Temple in Ayodhya, and other seers cast their votes at a polling booth in the constituency.
08:30 am| BJP MP from Prayagaraj Rita Bahuguna Joshi casts her vote in th 5th phase of
UP Election 2022, says, "We are expecting 70% voters' turnout (in this phase), will win it big. Hoping to form govt with 300+ seats."
08:10 am | I believe that people of Sirathu will bloom Lotus and make the son of Sirathu win with a big margin of votes. BJP Govt has been working for the welfare of the 24 crore people of Uttar Pradesh. That is why people have made up their mind that to bloom the Lotus: Deputy CM KP Maurya
08:00 am |Kaushambi, UP | Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya offers prayers at his residence as voting in the fifth phase of
Uttar Pradesh gets underway. Maurya is contesting as a BJP candidate from Sirathu constituency, polling on which is being held today.
07:33 am | Voting for fifth phase of
Uttar Pradesh begins; 692 candidates in 61 assembly constituencies across 12 districts in fray. Voters to decide fate of Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, minister Sidharth Nath Singh, Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra & others today.
07:00 am | Polling for the 5th phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 61 seats, covering twelve districts of the state, begins.
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