As per the Turnout App, the sixth phase of UP elections saw about 55.70% of the overall 2.14 crore eligible voters showing up at the polling stations.
This phase will decide the fate of political heavyweights besides Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress’ Ajay Kumar Lallu from the Tamkuhi Raj seat, Samajwadi Party’s Swami Prasad Maurya from the Fazilnagar seat and Leader of Opposition Samajwadi Party’s Ram Govind Chaudhary from the Bansdih.
The sixth phase covers 57 assembly seats spread across 10 districts, of which 11 seats are reserved.
|
Districts |
Voter Turnout |
|
Ambedkar Nagar |
62% |
|
Balia |
54% |
|
Balrampur |
50% |
|
Basti |
57% |
|
Deoria |
55% |
|
Gorakhpur |
56% |
|
Kushinagar |
57% |
|
Maharajganj |
60% |
|
Sant Kabir Nagar |
54% |
|
Siddharthnagar |
50% |
Back in 2017, BJP stood as the undisputed winner- 48 seats went to the Saffron party and its allies. The Bahujan Samaj Party fared slightly better than the Samajwadi Party in this phase and won five seats. The SP bagged just two seats and Congress was reduced to one. Aman Mani Tripathi won as independent from Natutanva constituency.
The Chief Minister’s presence in the ring has spurred expectations of a big victory in all nine assembly seats under the Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency. In 2017, the BJP had won eight of the nine seats.