UP Assembly Elections Updates: UP is voting in seven rounds. Results will be declared on March 10.New Delhi: Voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections begins. Sixty-one constituencies spread across 12 districts will be voting in this phase of polling.This phase is crucial for the BJP as the party and its allies won 50 of the 61 seats here in the 2017 elections. A resurgent Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav is the BJP’s biggest challenger here.The districts going to the polls today include Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabaki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.
Here are the LIVE Updates on Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 5th Phase Voting:
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