Tag: UP Election 2017

Final phase of UP Assembly polls 2017 records large turnout of women voters

The seventh and final phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh, which began at 7 am on Wednesday, got over around 5 pm amid tight security. The polling witnessed a turnout of women voters in large numbers. Around 56 per cent of the 1.41 crore electorate exercised their franchise till 4 pm in the elections covering...

March 8, 2017

Final phase of UP Assembly polls 2017 records large turnout of women voters

The seventh and final phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh, which began at 7 am on Wednesday, got over around 5 pm amid tight security. The polling witnessed a turnout of women voters in large numbers. Around 56 per cent of the 1.41 crore electorate exercised their franchise till 4 pm in the elections covering...

March 8, 2017

UP Election 2017: Women vote in large numbers

The seventh and final phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh began at 7am on Wednesday and the polling witnessed a turnout of women voters in large numbers. Polling has already started in 40 constituencies including PM Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi. A total of 535 candidates, including 51 women, are in the fray for...

March 8, 2017

UP Assembly Election 2017: Campaign for final phase to end March 6

The do or die campaign for the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, covering 40 assembly seats in seven districts, including Prime Minister Narendra Modis constituency, will come to a close tomorrow, March 6. The polling in these seats will be held on March 8. As the battle for Uttar Pradesh...

March 5, 2017

UP Assembly Election 2017: Campaign for final phase to end March 6

The do or die campaign for the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, covering 40 assembly seats in seven districts, including Prime Minister Narendra Modis constituency, will come to a close tomorrow, March 6. The polling in these seats will be held on March 8. As the battle for Uttar Pradesh...

March 5, 2017

UP elections 2017: 40% polling as thousands vote in 6th phase

Hundreds of thousands of voters came out to cast ballots in the penultimate phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, registering 40 per cent voting in six hours, with the highest polling seen in Kushinagar, Mau and Maharajganj constituencies. Till 1 pm, 36 per cent was reported from Gorakhpur and Deoria, 39 from Ballia, and...

March 4, 2017

UP Assembly elections: PM Modi in Varanasi for last poll battle

Carrying out his campaign trail in his Lok Sabha constituency ahead of the last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on March 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Varanasi’s Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Saturday. Huge crowd of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters greeted him in front of the university as he drove inside...

March 4, 2017

UP Assembly elections 2017: Polling begins for sixth phase

Polling for 49 seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections began at 7 am on Saturday. The over 1.72 crore electorate will decide the fate of 635 candidates across seven districts in eastern UP. Prominent candidates in the fray include Bharatiya Janata Party's Swami Prasad Maurya (Padrauna) and former state...

March 4, 2017

UP Elections: Voting for 49 Assembly seats for sixth phase on Saturday

Polling for 49 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats, with SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav's Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency being in focus, will be held on Saturday in the sixth phase amid tight security arrangements. Assembly segments of Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency of firebrand BJP leader Yogi Adityanath, and Mau, where jailed gangster-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari is in fray,...

March 3, 2017

Mayawati seeks vote for ‘bahubali’ Mukhtar Ansari

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday sought votes for jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, arguing that his victory will erase his "bahubali (muscleman)" image. "I urge you to vote in large numbers, thereby ensuring a comprehensive victory for Mukhtar Ansari…once Mukhtar wins the assembly polls, his 'baahubali' (muscleman) image will gradually diminish," she said. The BSP supremo...

February 28, 2017

Mayawati seeks vote for ‘bahubali’ Mukhtar Ansari

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday sought votes for jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, arguing that his victory will erase his "bahubali (muscleman)" image. "I urge you to vote in large numbers, thereby ensuring a comprehensive victory for Mukhtar Ansari…once Mukhtar wins the assembly polls, his 'baahubali' (muscleman) image will gradually diminish," she said. The BSP supremo...

February 28, 2017

Hurry up on bullet train promise: Akhilesh to PM Modi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his bullet train promise, asking him to hurry up as he will "not get another chance" at the Centre. Modi, the SP leader said, served as chief minister of Gujarat for three terms but could not get a...

February 27, 2017

Hurry up on bullet train promise: Akhilesh to PM Modi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his bullet train promise, asking him to hurry up as he will "not get another chance" at the Centre. Modi, the SP leader said, served as chief minister of Gujarat for three terms but could not get a...

February 27, 2017

UP Election 2017: 12-13 % voting till 10 am in 5th phase

An estimated 12 to 13 per cent of voters turned out to exercise their franchise till 10 am during the fifth phase of polling Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Polling is on for 51 Assembly constituencies spread over 11 districts of the state. "12-13 per cent polling was witnessed till 10 am," poll officials said here. Prominent...

February 27, 2017

UP Election 2017: Around 55% turnout till 4 PM in phase-IV

Around 55 per cent of 1.84 crore voters exercised their franchise till 4 PM on Thursday in the fourth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh. "Polling is going on at a rapid pace in 53 assembly constituencies spread over 12 districts, including the backward Bundelkhand region," the CEO office said here. The pace of voting...

February 23, 2017

UP Election 2017: Around 55% turnout till 4 PM in phase-IV

Around 55 per cent of 1.84 crore voters exercised their franchise till 4 PM on Thursday in the fourth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh. "Polling is going on at a rapid pace in 53 assembly constituencies spread over 12 districts, including the backward Bundelkhand region," the CEO office said here. The pace of voting...

February 23, 2017

Modi’s hate-mongering won’t work in UP: Rahul Gandhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is spreading hatred in Uttar Pradesh but the voters of the state will elect the Congress-Samajwadi Party (SP) alliance, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday. “Modi ji has lost the elections (UP), he can spread hatred as much as he wants but UP won’t pay heed. Congress and SP will...

February 23, 2017