09:25 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
In Photos | Voting underway in Unnao
In Unnao, Congress has fielded 55-year-old Asha Singh, the mother of the girl who was allegedly raped by former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
Polling gets underway for the fourth phase of #UttarPradeshElections2022. Visuals from Gadan Khera Primary School in Unnao as people arrive to cast their votes here. pic.twitter.com/yYyqPA3iqE
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 23, 2022
09:14 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
In Photos | Voting underway in Lakhimpur
Lakhimpur Kheri is the district where eight people, including four farmers, were killed in violence on 3 October. Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, is one of the persons accused in the case. He is currently out on bail.
Polling underway for the fourth phase of #UttarPradeshElections2022 today. People queue up to cast their votes at a polling booth in Banbirpur of Lakhimpur Kheri district. pic.twitter.com/BHsWieQy1J
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 23, 2022
09:04 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
From Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow to Rae Bareli, key constituencies in Phase 4
The areas going to the polls in Phase 4 of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections were extremely productive for the BJP in the 2017 Assembly elections. The party and its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) won 52 out of the 60 seats voting in this phase, leaving just four for the Samajwadi Party (SP), two for SP's erstwhile ally Congress, and two for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Read our report here to take a look at the key constituencies to watch for in this phase and the big names contesting from the 59 seats.
08:47 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj casts his vote in Unnao
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj cast his vote at Gadan Khera Primary School in Unnao on Wednesday morning.
"BJP will win all six seats in Unnao with majority. On the basis of all the campaigning I did, I can say that CM Yogi will form the government again by breaking his own 2017 record. I think the numbers may go up to 350," he said, according to news agency ANI.
08:39 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Strengthen democracy by casting your vote: PM Modi urges people
With voting underway for the fourth round in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged people to come out and vote. Voting for 59 Assembly constituencies spread over nine districts in Uttar Pradesh began on Wednesday morning.
“Today is the fourth round of voting in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. I request all the voters to contribute in strengthening democracy by casting their valuable votes,” Modi said in a tweet in Hindi. This is the fourth phase of the Assembly polls in the state, where elections are to be held in seven rounds. As many as 624 candidates are in the fray in this phase.
08:30 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
BSP is headed towards an absolute majority: SC Mishra
BSP National General Secretary S C Mishra on Wednesday told ANI, "BSP is headed towards an absolute majority. Taking into account the first three phases and today's voting, you'll find out that voting was done for BSP."
"Just like 2007, BSP will form the government with an absolute majority and Mayawati will become UP's CM for the fifth time," he said.
BSP is headed towards absolute majority. Taking into account the first 3 phases & today's voting, you'll find out that voting done for BSP. Just like 2007, BSP will form govt with absolute majority, Mayawati will become UP's CM for 5th time: SC Misra, BSP#UttarPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/k3QxwEKiJs
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 23, 2022
08:24 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Muslims not happy with SP, claims Mayawati
Shortly after casting her vote from Lucknow, BSP chief Mayawati lashed out at the Samajwadi Party saying that Muslims are not happy with the party. "People of Uttar Pradesh have rejected SP as voting for SP means Gunda raj, Mafia raj," Mayawati was quoted as saying as per ANI.
08:15 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Voting disrupted due to malfunctioning of EVMs, says SP
Voting disrupted at booth number 71 of Unnao Vidhansabha 165 of Unnao district due to malfunctioning of EVMs, claims Samajwadi Party on Twitter
उन्नाव जिले की उन्नाव विधानसभा 165 के बूथ नंबर 71 पर ईवीएम खराब होने से मतदान बाधित।
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) February 23, 2022
संज्ञान लेकर शीघ्र कार्रवाई कर निष्पक्ष एवं सुचारु मतदान सुनिश्चित करे चुनाव आयोग।#UttarPradeshElections2022 @ECISVEEP @ceoup
08:10 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
BJP Rae Bareli Sadar candidate Aditi Singh casts her vote
Singh belongs to a prominent political family in Rae Bareli and was associated with Congress for a long period. In this election, Singh is contesting for the BJP.
BJP candidate from Raebareli Sadar seat, Aditi Singh casts her vote at a polling booth in Lalpur Chauhan, Raebareli
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 23, 2022
"I want people to vote and make the voting percentage high. Congress is nowhere in the race," she says #UttarPradeshElections2022 pic.twitter.com/5H6wkMv6pV
08:03 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
BSP chief Mayawati casts vote in Lucknow
BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday morning cast her vote at Municipal Nursery School polling booth in Lucknow.
BSP chief Mayawati casts her vote at Municipal Nursery School polling booth in Lucknow #UttarPradeshElections2022 pic.twitter.com/kev8eHhsHz
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 23, 2022
08:01 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Polling for 59 seats in fourth phase begins
Polling for the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will be held in 59 constituencies today as curtains came down for the intense electioneering on Monday.
The fate of all the 624 candidates contesting in the fourth phase of the UP elections will be sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) tomorrow. These 59 Assembly seats are spread across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates: Voting disrupted at booth number 71 of Unnao Vidhansabha 165 of Unnao district due to malfunctioning of EVMs, claims Samajwadi Party on Twitter.
Shortly after casting her vote from Lucknow, BSP chief Mayawati lashed out at the Samajwadi Party saying that Muslims are not happy with the party. "People of Uttar Pradesh have rejected SP as voting for SP means Gunda raj, Mafia raj," Mayawati was quoted as saying as per ANI.
Polling for the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will be held in 59 constituencies today as curtains came down for the intense electioneering on Monday.
The fate of all the 624 candidates contesting in the fourth phase of the UP elections will be sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) tomorrow. These 59 Assembly seats are spread across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.
Lakhimpur Kheri hogged the national limelight after eight people, including four farmers, were killed after being mowed down by a vehicle during a protest. The BJP leader Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish Mishra is accused in the case.
The BJP's Yogesh Verma had won the Lakhimpur seat in the 2017 Assembly polls by defeating Samajwadi Party's Utkarsh Verma Madhur with a formidable margin of more than 37,000 votes. The prestige of the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni will also be at stake in the Lakhimpur Kheri constituency. He's a local MP, besides having been at the center of controversy after his son was named in the FIR in the incident leading to the deaths of the farmers.
Interestingly, both the BJP and the SP have repeated their candidates. The constituency caught the eyeballs in the ongoing polls because of the political heat generated by the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in the Parliament and also outside.
Congress has fielded Ravi Shankar Trivedi whereas the BSP has fielded Mohan Bajpai from the seat. Khushi Kinnar from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is also in the fray along with AIMIM's Mohammad Usman Siddiqui.
Another keenly watched seat in this phase is the Sarojini Nagar seat in Lucknow where the former joint director of Enforcement Directorate, Rajeshwar Singh, is pitted against former IIM professor and a close aide of the former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Abhishek Mishra. Raebareli Sadar is one of the battles to watch out for with its sitting Congress MLA Aditi Singh now being a BJP nominee.
State Law Minister Brijesh Pathak is facing Samajwadi party candidate and two-time Corporator Surendra Singh Gandhi in the Lucknow Cantonment seat. The UP minister Ashutosh Tandon is in the fray from the Lucknow East seat against Deputy Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Nitin Agarwal, who is the Samajwadi Party nominee.
The state is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP)-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance, and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as principal contenders.
As a last-minute effort, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while addressing an election campaign in Raebareli on Monday promised the launch of the Purohit Welfare Board in the state for the welfare of priests, sadhus, and special scholarship for students studying Sanskrit if the BJP is re-elected to power.
Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, while addressing a rally in Hardoi, alleged that the BJP was trying to divert people's attention from real issues by speaking about "religion, Pakistan, and terrorism".
Voting for the remaining three phases of the seven-phase UP elections will take place on 27 February, 3 and 7 March. The counting of votes will take place on 10 March.
With inputs from ANI
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February 23, 2022 at 09:24AM
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