Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh will witness fifth phase of the ongoing Assembly elections today. Two more phases will be held in the coming days with the results slated to be declared on March 10.Polling will begin at 7 am and will be concluded till 6 pm.There are 692 candidates in the fray for 61 Assembly constituencies across 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh in the fifth phase. Around 2.24 crore voters will cast their votes.The following districts will go to polls today – Amethi, Raebareli, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.With the completion of polling on Sunday, Uttar Pradesh will have voted on 292 of the total 403 seats in the Assembly. The last two phases of the elections will be held on March 3 and March 7.Prominent faces in the fray for the fifth phase include Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who is contesting from the Sirathu assembly seat in Kaushambi district.He is facing Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) candidate Pallavi Patel.Other ministers in the fray are Siddharth Nath Singh from Allahabad West, Rajendra Singh, alias Moti Singh, from Patti (Pratapgarh), Nand Gopal Gupta Nadi from Allahabad South and Ramapati Shastri from Mankapur (Gonda).Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, who is the MLA from Kunda since 1993, is once again in the fray from his party Jansatta Dal, with old aide Gulshan Yadav contesting against him on a Samajwadi Party ticket.Union minister Anupriya Patel’s mother and Apna Dal (K) leader Krishna Patel is contesting from the Pratapgarh seat. Apna Dal (K) has entered into an alliance with the Samajwadi Party.Related NewsUP polls 2022: Yogi Adityanath says BSP’s elephant ate entire state’s ration alone