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UP votes in third phase of assembly elections

| | Feb 19, 2017, at 03:54 pm
Lucknow, Feb 19 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh is undergoing the third phase of elections on Sunday as people are casting their votes for 69 assembly constituencies.

Voting is under process in 12 districts which are the strongholds of Samajwadi Party (SP).

More than 2.4 crore people are expected to exercise their franchise.

About 826 candidates are in fray in this third phase.

Voting began at 7 am in Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Hardoi, Kannauj, Kanpur rural, Kanpur city, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Auraiyya and Sitapur.

The last two phases of the Uttar Pradesh election have recorded voter turnouts of 64.2 and 66 percent.

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