Lucknow (the Lok Sabha constituency of Rajnath Singh), Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur, Unnao, Barabanki and Sitapur were among the 12 districts where polling was held today.
Lucknow (the Lok Sabha constituency of Rajnath Singh), Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur, Unnao, Barabanki and Sitapur were among the 12 districts where polling was held today.
Etawah is the native place of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, while another key district is Mainpuri, which is represented in Parliament by SP's Tej Pratap Yadav. Dimple Yadav, the wife of Akhilesh, is the MP from Kannauj.
In the third phase, the maximum of 4,98,573 voters exercised their franchise in the Sarojini Nagar seat in Lucknow, while the minimum of 2,72,294 voters were in Sisamau.
The highest number of 21 candidates were in Etawah and the minimum of three in Haidergarh (Barabanki). Lucknow West and Central had 17 candidates each.
Prominent among those, whose prestige is at stake, are Nitin Agarwal, son of SP leader Naresh Agarwal, from Hardoi, BSP turncoat Brijesh Pathak from Lucknow (Central) on a BJP ticket and Congress turncoat Rita Bahuguna Joshi (now in BJP), who is pitted against Mulayam's daughter-in-law Aparna from Lucknow Cantt.
SP leader Shivpal too is a key figure in this round. He is contesting from Jaswantnagar.
Congress leader PL Punia's son Tanuj Punia is trying his luck from the Jaidpur seat in Barabanki.
Interestingly, the much-vaunted 'kaam bolta hai' (work speaks) slogan of Akhilesh faced a litmus test in the battle of ballots today in the state capital, the crucible of his dream projects.
Akhilesh (43) has used the development card to the hilt during his campaign across the state, often highlighting his work in and around Lucknow, the city of Nawabs, doing away with the traditional SP politics that hinged on caste equations and dependence on the 'M-Y' (Muslim-Yadav) factor.
The next four phases of polling will be held on February 23, 27 and on March 4 and 8. Counting of votes will be taken up on March 11.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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