57.08% voting in the third phase in UP

Will the fate of Dimple and Baghel be decided by a close margin?

Uttar Pradesh lok sabha election Phase 3 Voting: Voting is being held on 10 seats in the third phase of lok sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. These seats are considered to be dominated by the mulayam singh yadav family, but the slow pace of voting is considered worrying.

Uttar Pradesh lok sabha election Phase 3 Voting Updates: Voting is being held on 10 seats of Uttar Pradesh in the third phase of lok sabha elections on Tuesday. Only 57.08% average voting has been recorded on these seats till 7 pm. Only sambhal lok sabha seat has been such where the voting percentage has crossed 60. Low voting in Uttar Pradesh for the third consecutive phase is being considered worrying. This has raised questions whether all the seats in Uttar Pradesh are going to be decided by a close margin this time. In the third phase, the fate of SP President and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav, two cabinet ministers of the state government Jaiveer Singh and Anoop Valmiki and Union minister of State SP Singh Baghel has been sealed in the EVMs. Let us see what was the vote percentage on which seat.

First know on which 10 seats voting has taken place

In the third phase, voting took place on 10 lok sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, on which the fate of about 100 candidates was in the hands of the voters. These seats include Mainpuri, Badaun, agra, sambhal, hathras, Fatehpur Sikri, firozabad, Etah, Aonla and Bareilly. About 1.78 crore voters had to cast their votes on these seats, but if we look at the vote percentage during the voting, only about 1 crore voters reached the polling booth.

What has been the voting where?

According to the data released by the election commission of india till 7 pm, 57.08% voting has taken place in UP. Among these, the highest 62.40% votes were cast in sambhal seat, while the lowest 53.99% votes were cast in agra seat. Apart from these, the hottest seats of this phase are Mainpuri with 58.56% votes, hathras with 55.36% votes, firozabad with 56.69% votes, Etah with 58.69% votes, Fatehpur Sikri with 57.09% votes, Bareilly with 57.88% votes, Badaun with 53.83% votes and Aonla with 57.08% votes.

Who is contesting on which seat?

These 10 seats are considered to be dominated by mulayam singh yadav family, due to which the reputation of Samajwadi party is at stake here. Three members of Yadav family are contesting on these seats, including SP President and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav.

On the Mainpuri seat, Dimple Yadav is contesting against BJP's yogi government minister Jaiveer Singh and BSP's Gulshan Kumar Shakya. On the sambhal seat, SP's Ziaur rahman Barq, grandson of Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, is contesting against BJP's Parmeshwarlal saini and BSP's Shaukat Ali. On the hathras seat, BJP's yogi government minister Anoop Pradhan Valmiki is contesting against BJP's Jasvir Valmiki and BSP's Hembabu Dhangar.

On the agra seat, BJP's Union minister of State SP Singh Baghel is contesting against SP's suresh Chand Kardam and BSP's pooja Amrohi. On the Fatehpur Sikri seat, BJP's sitting mp Rajkumar Chahar is contesting against Congress' Ramnath Sikarwar and BSP's Ramniwas Sharma.