UP Election: The seats are spread across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, as well as Fatehpur.

Voting is being held in 59 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, consisting of state funding Lucknow as well as Lakhimpur Kheri, today in the 4th stage of setting up polls in Uttar Pradesh. 5 seats under Raebareli, the bastion of Sonia Gandhi, are likewise voting.

The seats are spread out across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.

In 2017, the BJP landed 51 seats, 4 had actually mosted likely to the Samajwadi Celebration, 2 to the Congress and also two to Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party. BJP’s ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) had gotten one seat.

The election in Lakhimpur Kheri is seen as a prestige fight for Union preacher Ajay Mishra, whose child Ashish Mishra is a murder implicated in the case including the fatality of 4 farmers during an objection in October.

The farmers, unhappy over the Centre’s controversial ranch laws, were widely upset after Ashish Mishra’s SUV mowed down 4 of them. The farmers have tested Ashish Mishra’s bond in the Supreme Court.

All 8 seats in Lakhimpur are with the BJP now. Both the BJP and the SP have actually duplicated their candidates on the Lakhimpur city seat. The BJP’s Yogesh Verma, that won the seat in the 2017 polls, will again face Samajwadi Celebration’s Utkarsh Verma Madhur. The Congress has fielded Ravi Shankar Trivedi.

The 9 setting up seats in state capital Lucknow will vote today. The acutely seen contests will certainly include Sarojini Nagar – where Rajeshwar Singh, the previous joint director of Enforcement Directorate remains in a straight battle against Abhishek Mishra, former IIM teacher and also a close assistant of Samajwadi Event chief Akhilesh Yadav.

State Regulation Minister Brijesh Pathak is facing Samajwadi party candidate as well as two-time Corporator Surendra Singh Gandhi in Lucknow Cantonment. State preacher Ashutosh Tandon remains in fray from Lucknow East versus Anurag Bhadauria, the Samajwadi Event prospect.

In the top-level Raebareli Sadar – part of Congress principal Sonia Gandhi’s legislative seat– sitting event MLA Aditi Singh joined the BJP as well as is encountering Congress’s Manish Chauhan. Aditi Singh is the daughter of the constituency’s five-time MLA, the late Akhilesh Singh. Samajwadi Event has actually fielded RP Yadav.

To motivate females voters, the state authorities have actually produced 137 “pink booths”, manned by females policemans. Lucknow’s Christ Church College has introduced that it will certainly honor 10 marks to the pupils whose moms and dads will vote.

Voting for the remaining three phases of the seven-phase UP elections will happen on February 27, March 3, and also 7. The checking of votes will certainly occur on March 10.

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Last Updated: 23 Feb 2022