UP Election 2022: No incident of violence during polling, says state's chief electoral officer

UP Election 2022 Live Updates: Polling will take place across Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba districts of Uttar Pradesh.

A total of 627 candidates are in the fray in the third phase, while over 20 million people are eligible to vote. (Representative Photo/HT)

A total of 59 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh voted in third phase of polling in the seven-phased election on Sunday. This was the most crucial round of elections so far....Read More

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• 20 Feb 2022, 08:21:37 PM IST

  No incident of violence during polling: UP's chief electoral officer

  Around 2.06 crore voters turned up to cast their votes till 5pm for the third phase of UP Assembly elections. Wherever we got complaints, EVMs & VVPATs were replaced immediately. There was no incident of violence: Ajay Kumar Shukla, chief electoral officer, UP

• 20 Feb 2022, 07:19:28 PM IST

  BJP worker shot at near polling station in Mainpuri

  A BJP worker was shot at near polling station in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri. The accused who has been identified as a Samajwadi Party worker is under custody. 

• 20 Feb 2022, 06:43:38 PM IST

  Third phase of voting concludes in Kanpur

• 20 Feb 2022, 06:19:56 PM IST

  UP records 57.44 per cent voter turnout till 5pm

  Uttar Pradeesh records 57.44 per cent voter turnout till 5pm. 

• 20 Feb 2022, 04:57:40 PM IST

  Reports of stone pelting on BJP candidate's cavalcade in Barigon, Rasoolabad, Kanpur Dehat

  Reports of stone pelting on BJP candidate's cavalcade in Barigon, Rasoolabad, Kanpur Dehat have emerged. Heavy police contingent rushed to the spot.

• 20 Feb 2022, 04:28:03 PM IST

  Polling officer found dead under mysterious circumstances in Auraiya

  A polling officer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya. His body was recovered from Janispur near a small canal around 2pm.

  He has been identified as Dinesh Kumar and was on the duty at Haloua in Dibiyapur. 

  Police are investigating the death.

• 20 Feb 2022, 04:21:49 PM IST

  Polling percentage in respective districts till 3pm:

  Hathras Average 50.15%

  Firozabad Average 51.23%

  Kasganj Average 50.75%

  Etah Average 53.23%

  Manpuri Average 52.44%

  Farrukhabad Average 46.19%

  Kannauj Average 50.23%

  Etawah Average 50.42%

  Auraiya Average 48.30%

  Kanpur Dehat Average 47.13%

  Kanpur Nagar Average 41.15%

  Jalaun Average 46.87%

  Jhansi Average 48.52%

  Lalitpur Average 59.13%

  Hamirpur Average 50.74%

  Mahoba Average 51.72%

  Grand Average 48.81%

• 20 Feb 2022, 03:48:53 PM IST

  Karhal records 56.02% voter turnout so far

  Amongst the 19 assembly constituencies going for polls in five districts of Etah, Mainpuri, Hathras, Kasganj and Firozabad, maximum polling percentage was recorded at Karhal which has registered 56.02 per cent voter turnout so far. 

  SP leader Akhilesh Yadav is candidate from the high-profile seat of Karhal, located in Mainpuri district.

• 20 Feb 2022, 03:42:09 PM IST

  Uttar Pradesh records 48.81% voter turnout till 3pm

  Uttar Pradesh has registered a voter turnout of 48.81 per cent till 3pm.

• 20 Feb 2022, 03:28:57 PM IST

  Restrictions imposed on BJP's candidate from Kidwai Nagar

  Restrictions have been imposed on BJP candidate from Kidwai Nagar, Mahesh Trivedi. 

  This came as he was moving with 10 vehicles in his convoy than the permissible three cars. Police officials also had heated arguments with Trivedi over the issue. He was told he would not be allowed to run three vehicles.

  Some of his supporters have been taken into custody, said a police official who did not wished to be named.

• 20 Feb 2022, 02:46:42 PM IST

  Polling affected at a polling booth in UP's Babina

  The polling has been affected in booth number 236 in Uttar Pradesh's Babina town after the EVM stopped working, people familiar with the development said on Sunday.

• 20 Feb 2022, 01:54:07 PM IST

  Voter turnout recorded at 35.88% till 1pm

  Voter turnout has been recorded at 35.88 per cent till 1pm in the third phase of election in Uttar Pradesh.

• 20 Feb 2022, 01:48:58 PM IST

  SP accuses BJP MLA Archana Pandey of forcing party agent to leave polling booth in Chibramau seat

  Samajwadi Party has accused BJP MLA Archana Pandey of going inside polling booths 324 and 325 of Chibramau assembly constituency and abusing the SP agent, forcing him to leave. The SP has sought the ECI to take stern action.

• 20 Feb 2022, 01:42:28 PM IST

  Police, BJP workers clash in Juhi area of Kanpur

  

  Police and BJP workers clash in Juhi area of Kanpur. (HT )

  Police and BJP workers ended up in a scuffle in Juhi area of Kanpur. More details awaited.

• 20 Feb 2022, 01:33:08 PM IST

  ‘Those who were born with silver spoons…’: Nadda's fires shots at Akhilesh, Gandhi siblings

  “Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, who were born with silver spoons, used to mock Jan Dhan accounts. Now they understood the meaning of it. It meant that ₹2000 each will be transferred to accounts of 10.50 crore farmers every 3 months,” BJP national president JP Nadda hits out at Opposition in UP's Shravasti.

• 20 Feb 2022, 01:27:26 PM IST

  District-wise polling percentage till 1pm

  Lalitpur – 42.10%

  Kannauj – 37.9%

  Kanpur – 28.98%

  Kanpur Dehat – 34.43%

  Kasganj – 37.56%

  Firozabad – 38.24%

  Jalaun – 37.3%

  Jhansi – 32.86%

  Etah – 42.31%

  Mainpuri – 41.14%

  Auraiya – 33.37%

  Hathras – 36.61%

  Etawah – 36.27%

  Farrukhabad – 35.10%

  Mahoba – 38.13%

  Hamirpur – 35.83%

• 20 Feb 2022, 12:54:55 PM IST

  Samajwadi Party claims ‘symbol missing’ from EVM in Farrukhabad

  Samajwadi Party tweeted from its official Twitter handle that their election symbol is missing from EVM at booth number 38 in Vidhan Sabha 194 of Farrukhabad district and urged the Election Commission and District Administration to take cognisance of the matter.

• 20 Feb 2022, 11:48:44 AM IST

  Voter turnout recorded at 21.18% till 11am

  Voter turnout has been recorded at 21.18 per cent till 11am in the third phase of election in Uttar Pradesh.

• 20 Feb 2022, 11:29:23 AM IST

  'Farmers won't forgive, BJP to be eliminated in UP,' says Akhilesh Yadav

  

  Akhilesh Yadav and wife Dimple Yadav after they cast their vote in their village Saifai booth number 239 for Jaswant Nagar seat. (Sughar Singh/HT Photo)

  “BJP is going to be eliminated. Farmers of UP won't forgive them. We've hit century in first two phases and even in this phase, SP and alliance would be ahead of everyone else,” says Samajwadi Party chief and candidate from Karhal, Akhilesh Yadav after casting his vote in Jaswantnagar.

• 20 Feb 2022, 11:26:10 AM IST

  Polling underway in peaceful manner in Bikru village

  

  Polling security present in Bikru village where gangster Vikas Dubey had killed eight policemen in July 2020.

  Polling is going on in a hassle-free manner in Bikru village where gangster Vikas Dubey had killed eight policemen in July 2020. Police security is present in the village.

• 20 Feb 2022, 11:23:18 AM IST

  District-wise polling percentage till 11am

  Mahoba – 22.89%

  Kannauj – 21.99%

  Kanpur – 16.27%

  Kanpur Dehat – 19.86%

  Hamirpur – 24.23%

  Kasganj – 22.54%

  Firozabad – 24.30%

  Jalaun – 21.66%

  Jhansi – 19.11%

  Etah – 24.30%

  Mainpuri – 24.45%

  Hathras – 22.80%

  Auraiya – 20.04%

   

• 20 Feb 2022, 11:03:12 AM IST

  Minor disruptions in some areas amid third phase of polling in UP

  In Maharajpur constituency, cabinet minister Satish Mahana was locked in a face off with the security personnel. 

  Meanwhile, voters were seen protesting in Shahbazpur area of Rasoolabad in Kanpur Dehat after they did not find their names in the electoral rolls.

• 20 Feb 2022, 10:16:08 AM IST

  FIR against BJP Yuva Morcha president Nawab Singh

  BJP leader Nawab Singh, who is the president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, films himself voting for the BJP candidate in Sisamau, Kanpur. An FIR has been registered against him. 

• 20 Feb 2022, 09:57:02 AM IST

  Voter turnout recorded at 8.15% till 9am

  Voter turnout has been recorded at 8.15 per cent till 9am in the third phase of election in Uttar Pradesh.

• 20 Feb 2022, 09:30:41 AM IST

  District-wise polling percentage till 9am

  Kanpur – 5.89 %

  Kasganj – 9.42%

  Farrukhabad – 9.61%

  Mahoba – 8.02%

  Firozabad – 9.79%

  Etah – 11.6%

  Mainpuri – 11.03%

  Kannauj – 10.11%

• 20 Feb 2022, 09:17:32 AM IST

  BJP MP Subrat Pathak casts his vote in Kannauj

  

  BJP MP Subrat Pathak casts his vote

  BJP MP Subrat Pathak casts his vote in Pathkana Mohalla in Kannauj.

• 20 Feb 2022, 09:15:00 AM IST

  ‘There’s no competition, Yogi will go back,' says SP national gen secy Ramgopal on Shivpal Yadav's election

  Samajwadi Party chief national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav with the cousin Shivpal Yadav at a Saifai village polling booth after casting vote.

  "Shivpal Yadav will win Jaswant Nagar by over one lakh votes margin. There is no competition on the neighbouring Karhal seat against Akhilesh Yadav. Yogi Adityanath will go back to the Gorakhnathmath after March 10," said Ramgopal. Picture courtesy Sughar Singh/Saifai.

• 20 Feb 2022, 09:05:27 AM IST

  FIR filed against Kanpur mayor Pramila Pandey for poll violation

  

  Pictures shared by Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey  of her casting the vote. (HT Photo)

  FIR against Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey for sharing pictures of her casting the vote at Hudson school, said Kanpur district magistrate Neha Pandey.

  The DM said that the pictures showing Pandey pressing the button on the EVM for a particular candidate has been deemed as an attempt to influence voters. Pandey is from BJP and seen in pictures voting for BJP candidate.

• 20 Feb 2022, 08:58:24 AM IST

  Shivpal Yadav seeks blessings from elder brother Mulayam Singh Yadav ahead of polls

  

  Shivpal Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav

  Shivpal Yadav seeks blessings of older brother Mulayam Singh Yadav before heading to Jaswant Nagar seat, which is in the family since 1985. Mulayam has represented the seat seven times and Shivpal is seeking 6th term.

• 20 Feb 2022, 08:16:46 AM IST

  PM Modi calls on youth to vote in large numbers

• 20 Feb 2022, 08:13:38 AM IST

  Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother Abhay Ram casts vote in Saifai

• 20 Feb 2022, 08:11:55 AM IST

  Polling in most-watched Karhal assembly seat of Mainpuri district underway

  Polling process has begun in the Yadav dominated Karhal assembly seat of Mainpuri district, one of most watched assembly seat, where Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav is contesting his first assembly election.

  Mainpuri district is stronghold of Samajwadi party and party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is present MP from Mainpuri and has addressed only one rally this election and that was at Karhal , the assembly constituency of his son Akhiles Yadav.

• 20 Feb 2022, 07:02:45 AM IST

  Voting begins in 59 seats across 16 districts

  Voting begins in the third phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh.

• 20 Feb 2022, 06:34:25 AM IST

  Mock poll conducted in Farrukhabad ahead of voting

• 20 Feb 2022, 06:20:35 AM IST

  Fate of Akhilesh Yadav, others to be decided today

  Among the key constituencies where polling will be held today include Karhal where Samajwadi Party supremo and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is contesting his maiden Assembly election against BJP candidate, Union minister of state in the ministry of law and justice, SP Singh Baghel.

  Akhilesh's uncle and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav is contesting from Jaswantnagar seat.