UP Election 2022 LIVE: Minister Ajay Mishra, Lakhimpur accused’s father, votes

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• UP Election 2022 Live Updates: Polling will take place across Pilibhit, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, Fatehpur, and Lakhimpur Kheri districts.

Voters standing in queue outside polling station to vote at Gomti Nagar in Lucknow.(Photo by Deepak Gupta, Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 23, 2022 12:47 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com, New Delhi

A total of 59 constituencies across nine districts are headed for the fourth phase of polling in the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh assembly election. The nine districts include two controversy-ridden seats, a Congress bastion and the state capital. The districts are – Pilibhit, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, Fatehpur, and Lakhimpur Kheri. All of them, barring Pilibhit and Banda, fall in the Awadh region.

The fate of 624 candidates including several cabinet ministers, sitting MLA from Rae Bareli Aditi Singh, as well as Unnao rape victim’s mother Asha Singh will be sealed in this round of polling. 

In Lakhimpur, a multi-cornered fight takes place amid tight security as BJP’s Yogesh Verma seeks re-election against SP, BSP, Congress, AIMIM and the AAP. The prestige of the Union minister of state for home affairs Ajay Mishra Teni will also be put to test in the Lakhimpur Kheri seat. The focus will also be on Unnao where the Congress has fielded the Unnao rape victim’s mother to wrest the seat from BJP’s Pankaj Gupta.

Voting started at 7am and go on till 6pm. The counting of votes for all five states will be held on March 10.

Follow all the updates here:

• Feb 23, 2022 12:27 PM IST

  MoS Ajay Mishra casts vote in Lakhimpur Kheri district

• Feb 23, 2022 11:55 AM IST

  EC announces re-election in one of Mainpuri’s polling booths

  The Election Commission has ordered re-polling at polling booth number 266 in Karhal constituency of Mainpuri district.

• Feb 23, 2022 11:52 AM IST

  District-wise polling percentage till 11am

  
  Polling percentage till 11am in 9 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

• Feb 23, 2022 11:33 AM IST

  22.62% voter turnout recorded till 11am, as per ECI

  Voter turnout has been recorded at 22.62 per cent till 11am in the fourth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, according to the Election Commission.

   

• Feb 23, 2022 11:01 AM IST

  Fully confident of BJP’s victory in UP: Rajnath Singh

  I am fully confident that more or less we will get the same no of seats that we got in 2017. Today BJP is stronger than in 2017 as people have realised that only BJP can give the good governance and development: Defence Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh in Lucknow pic.twitter.com/yjEdXv3bxu

  — ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 23, 2022

• Feb 23, 2022 10:48 AM IST

  UP Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma casts vote in Lucknow

  “After the 4th phase, BJP will hit a double century and will march ahead to break its previous records. Development works done by PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath has reached everyone’s house,” said deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma after casting his vote.

• Feb 23, 2022 10:34 AM IST

  SP alleges voters not being allowed to vote at several booths in Banda district

  बांदा जिले की तिंदवारी विधानसभा 232 के बूथ संख्या 7,8,9,10 ग्राम चिल्ला के बूथ पर वोटर लिस्ट में नाम होने के बाद भी वोटरों को मतदान नहीं किया करने दिया जा रहा है जिला प्रशासन और चुनाव आयोग कृपया संज्ञान ले @ECISVEEP @ceoup @DM_Banda1

  — Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) February 23, 2022

  “Voters are not being allowed to vote even after being named in the voter list at booth number 7,8,9,10 village Chilla in Tindwari Vidhan Sabha 232 of Banda district, District Administration and Election Commission please take cognizance,” tweeted Samajwadi Party.

• Feb 23, 2022 10:20 AM IST

  Defence minister Rajnath Singh casts vote at polling booth in Lucknow

  
  Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his wife after cast their vote at scholars home school polling station Gomti nagar, Lucknow. ( Photo by Deepak Gupta, Hindustan Times)

• Feb 23, 2022 10:18 AM IST

  Watch: Folk Singer Malini Awasthi casts vote, urges others to increase polling

• Feb 23, 2022 10:02 AM IST

  BJP to repeat history with more seats, says Rajnath Singh after casting vote in Lucknow

  “BJP will not only repeat the history but it is also an undeniable possibility that our number of seats will increase,” says Defence Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh in Lucknow.

• Feb 23, 2022 09:59 AM IST

  SP, BSP, Congress are history like Article 370, 35A, says BJP’s Noida candidate Pankaj Singh

  We are going to get around 350 seats. Development work done, work has been done to protect our identity, culture & traditions. I think people have accepted it. SP-BSP-Congress are going to be become history like Article 370 and 35A: Pankaj Singh, BJP MLA & candidate from Noida pic.twitter.com/ttyl1LzpVd

  — ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 23, 2022

• Feb 23, 2022 09:45 AM IST

  Voter turnout recorded at 9.10% till 9am

  Voter turnout recorded at 9.10 per cent till 9am in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly election.

• Feb 23, 2022 09:27 AM IST

  ‘Congress nowhere in race,’ says BJP’s Aditi Singh after casting her vote in Raebareli S

  
  BJP candidate from Raebareli Sadar seat Aditi Singh

  BJP candidate from Raebareli Sadar seat, Aditi Singh cast her vote at a polling booth in Lalpur Chauhan, Raebareli. “I want people to vote and make the voting percentage high. Congress is nowhere in the race,” Singh told the media persons.

  Raebreli Sadar is a Congress bastion and part of party chief sonia Gandhi’s parliamentary seat.

• Feb 23, 2022 09:07 AM IST

  ‘Made UP economy no. 2, will make it no. 1 now,’ says minister Mohsin Raza after casting vote

  “Today UP is crime and terrorism free. Everyone feels safe. People are getting jobs. We’ve made UP economy no 2 and will also make it No 1 and people are voting for that. We are forming the govt,” said UP minister Mohsin Raza, speaking to ANI, after casting his vote in Lucknow.

• Feb 23, 2022 08:42 AM IST

  BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj casts vote in Unnao

  BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj cast his vote at Gadan Khera Primary School in Unnao.

  “BJP will win all 6 seats in Unnao with majority. On the basis of all campaigning I did, I can say that CM Yogi will form Govt again by breaking his own 2017 record. I think the numbers may go up to 350” pic.twitter.com/UVsp22yIZr

  — ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 23, 2022

• Feb 23, 2022 08:40 AM IST

  Green polling booth set up at AP Sen Memorial Girls college in Lucknow

  
  Green booth at AP Sen memorial Girls college, Charbagh in Lucknow.

  The green booth at AP Sen Memorial Girls college in Lucknow’s Charbagh area has been termed as a “green booth”. The polling station is solar powered and voters can use an electric cart to reach the booth to vote. Drinking water has also been made available in traditional earthen pitchers and kulhads.

  The road to the booth has been decorated with vertical wall gardens to make the area look green. Besides, the first male and female voter will also be given a sapling to plant at the booth called ‘Mat Vruksha’.

• Feb 23, 2022 08:21 AM IST

  UP minister Mohsin Raza casts vote in Lucknow’s Gomtinagar

  
  Uttar Pradesh minister Mohsin Raza, his wife and son.

  Uttar Pradesh minister Mohsin Raza casts his vote, along with wife and son in Gomtinagar, Lucknow.

• Feb 23, 2022 07:40 AM IST

  BSP chief Mayawati after casting her vote in Lucknow

  
  BSP chief Mayawati (Photo by Deepak Gupta for Hindustan Times)

  Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati leaves after casting her vote at Lucknow Montessori school polling station during fourth phase of Legislative Assembly elections in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India.

• Feb 23, 2022 07:38 AM IST

  Over 38 lakh voters set to cast vote in 4th phase of UP elections

  As many as 38,04,114 voters, including 20,26,589 male voters and 17,77,319 female voters are expected to cast their franchise to seal the fate of 109 candidates who are in fray.

• Feb 23, 2022 07:18 AM IST

  BSP chief Mayawati casts vote in Lucknow

• Feb 23, 2022 07:05 AM IST

  Voting begins in phase 4 of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh

  Vating has started across the 59 constituencies in the fourth phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

• Feb 23, 2022 06:28 AM IST

  Tight security in Lakhimpur ahead of polls today

  Security has been heightened in Lakhimpur Kheri that hogged the national limelight after eight people, including four farmers, were mowed down by a vehicle during a protest. Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is accused in the case.

  “104 companies of CAPF, 10,000 Civil Police personnel and Home Guards have been deployed on the Nepal Border. The borders have been sealed,” Sanjeev Suman, Superintendent of Police of Kheri said.

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Voters standing in queue outside polling station to vote at Gomti Nagar in Lucknow.(Photo by Deepak Gupta, Hindustan Times)

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