Publish Date: | Sun, 20 Feb 2022 07:15 AM (IST)
UP Chunav 2022 LIVE Updates: Voting has begun for the third phase of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Voting is going on in 59 seats in this phase. In this phase, polling will be held at 25,794 polling booths in 15,557 polling stations. The Commission has set up 641 Adarsh Polling Stations. 129 pick-polling booths have also been set up, in which only women workers will be there. At the same time, for the convenience of Divyangjan, arrangements have been made for wheel chairs and volunteers at all the polling stations. Akhilesh Yadav’s luck will also be imprisoned in the EVMs in this phase. Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said that elaborate security arrangements have been made for fearless and fair polling. 866 companies of the central force have been deployed. Direct monitoring of 50 percent booths will be done through webcasting. Apart from this, video cameras have been arranged in the areas where there is a problem of internet connectivity. Voters can also get their polling place information through Voter Helpline App, website of Election Commission of India. Read every update related to voting
UP Chunav 2022 LIVE Updates: Phase 3 statistics
Total Districts- 16
Total seats- 59
Total Voters- 2.16 Crore
Women voters – one crore
Male Voters- 1.16 Crore
Total Candidates: 627
Female candidates- 97
Reserved Seats: 13
Status on these seats in 2017
Voting in these districts: Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba
Big faces in the third stage: SP President Akhilesh Yadav, Union Minister SP Singh Baghel, Industrial Development Minister Satish Mahana, Excise Minister Ram Naresh Agnihotri, Minister of State for Higher Education Neelima Katiyar, Shivpal Singh Yadav, former Union Minister Salman Khurshid’s wife Louise Khurshid, former IPS Asim Arun, Sirsaganj seat But Mulayam Singh Yadav’s friend Hari Om Yadav is the BJP candidate.
Posted By: Arvind Dubey