The battle for Uttar Pradesh has begun today (February 10) with polling in 58 Assembly constituencies spread across 11 districts in the western part of the politically crucial state.
The voting has started at 7 am and is being held according to the Covid-19 guidelines issued by the Election Commission (EC). It is taking place at 25,849 polling stations and is scheduled to continue till 6 pm.
As per the EC, an average 20.03% voter turnout has been recorded till 11 am in the eleven districts that are going to the polls – Shamli, Meerut, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, and Mathura.
As many as 623 candidates, including 73 women candidates, are in the fray and around 2.27 crore people are eligible to vote in the first phase.
Uttar Pradesh, home to around 20 crore people, is scheduled to vote in seven phases ending on March 7 and the counting of votes will begin on March 10.
