UP fourth phase polls: Check out constituency wise voting percentage till 3 pm

Lucknow, Feb 23: The fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls registered 49.89 per cent voting till 3 pm, as per Election Commission.

Pilibhit recorded the highest voting percentage at 54.83 while Hardoi recorded the lowest at 46.89 per cent till 11 am. An average of 49.89 per cent voting was recorded on Wednesday in the first four hours of polling in 59 Assembly constituencies spread over nine districts of Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission said.

The districts where the polling is being held are Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur. This is the fourth of the seven phases of the Assembly polls in the state.

Check out the voting percentage of each constituency:

Pilibhit: 54.83 per cent
Kheri 52.92 per cent
Sitapur: 50.33 per cent
Hardoi: 46.29 per cent
Unnao: 47.29 per cent
Lucknow: 47.62 per cent
Rae Bareli: 50.84 per cent
Banda: 50.08 per cent
Fatehpur: 52.60 per cent

The polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. As many as 624 candidates are in the fray in this round of voting.

At several places, morning walkers came carrying voting slips to cast their votes as soon as the polling began. According to the Election Commission, 2.3 crore people, including 1.14 crore men and 99.3 lakh women, are eligible to vote, for whom 24,643 polling booths and 13,817 polling centres have been set up in this phase.

In 2017, 62.55 per cent polling was reported across these seats, while in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls it was 60.03 per cent. PTI