Uttar Pradesh assembly election: 65 per cent voting in second phase
The districts which went for polls in the second phase were Bijnor, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Pilibhit, Kheri, Shahjahanpur and Badaun.
In Short
- 2.28 crore voters, including over 1.04 crore women exercised their franchise in second-phase polling.
- Voting was held peacefully amid tight security, said UP Chief Electoral Officer T Venkatesh.
- The voter turnout in the first phase was recorded at 64.2 per cent.
Uttar Pradesh registered a healthy 65 per cent voting percentage in phase 2 of its seven-phase assembly election in 67 seats across 11 districts of western Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
The districts which went for polls were Bijnor, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Pilibhit, Kheri, Shahjahanpur and Badaun.
As many as 2.28 crore voters, including over 1.04 crore women, were eligible to cast their ballots in 14,771 polling centres and 23,693 polling stations in the second of the seven-phase polling.
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"Voting was held peacefully amid tight security", said UP Chief Electoral Officer T Venkatesh.
The CEO office said the average turnout was over 65 per cent in these seats.
The voter turnout in the first phase was recorded at 64.2 per cent, which was an increase of nearly three per cent from the first phase turnout in the 2012 Assembly polls.
(WITH INPUTS FROM PTI)