LIVE UP elections 2017: Polling for 40 seats begins, Varanasi in focus

UP elections: Polling in Ghazipur, Jaunpur and Bhadoi, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Chandauli

 

UP Elections 2017: Polling in 40 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats spread across seven districts in the seventh and final phase started today with all eyes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi. A total of 1.41 crore voters, including 64.76 lakh women are likely to exercise their right in the 40 seats that go to polls.

09:49 AM

Apna Dal leader & Union Minister Anupriya Patel casts her vote at polling booth no. 335 of Mirzapur, says "we will win all 40 seats"

 

09:48 AM

People queue up at polling booth no. 68 in Varanasi North; BJP's Ravindra Jaiswal, BSP's Sujit Kumar Maurya contesting from the seat.

09:17 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks people of Uttar Pradesh to cast their vote

09:15 AM

 

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उत्तर प्रदेश में आज आखिरी चरण का मतदान है। मेरा निवेदन है कि आप अपना कीमती वोट अवश्य दें। पहले मतदान, फिर जलपान!

6:43 AM - 8 Mar 2017

09:15 AM

 

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Urging all those voting today, in the 2nd phase of the Manipur Assembly Elections to turnout in large numbers & vote.

6:43 AM - 8 Mar 2017