UP Election 2022 Voting LIVE Updates: Final phase voting today , counting on March 10 – The Economic Times

By Smith On Mar 7, 2022

UP Election 2022: The seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election covering 54 assembly seats votes today. With this, the curtain comes down on polling held in the five states. Votes will be counted on March 10.

A total of 613 candidates will be trying their luck in this phase on the 54 seats which include 11 reserved for the Scheduled Castes and two for the Scheduled Tribes by an electorate consisting around 2.06 crores.

This final round will also be a test of the alliances carved by both the BJP and Samajwadi Party with small caste-based parties.

BJP’s allies Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Nishad Party and Akhilesh Yadav’s new friends Apna Dal (K), Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) of Om Prakash Rajbhar and others have been trying to rally their supporters.

Once considered a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, the region saw BJP making inroads in 2017 by winning 29 seats along with its allies Apna Dal (4) and SBSP (3). The BSP got six seats and Samajwadi Party 11 seats.

Besides UP Tourism Minister Neelkanth Tiwari (Varanasi south) other ministers in the fray in the last leg are Anil Rajbhar (Shivpur-Varanasi), Ravindra Jaiswal (Varanasi north), Girish Yadav (Jaunpur)and Ramashankar Singh Patel (Marihan-Mirzapur).

Dara Singh Chauhan who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and joined the Samajwadi Party is also in contesting from Ghosi in Mau.

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BJP’s allies vs SP’s allies

Why this is a test of alliances

The last two phases of the UP polls are in the Purvanachal region. BJP has allied with Apna Dal (Sonelal), or AD (S), and Nishad Party of Sanjay Nishad — both have their vote base in East UP.

SP, which has now emerged as the principal challenger to the ruling BJP, has formed a coalition of 11 community-based parties. Some of its key allies are Omprakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Keshav Dev Maurya’s Mahan Dal, Sanjay Chauhan’s Janwadi Party (Socialist) and AD (K). Of these, SBSP and AD (K) have their vote base in eastern UP.

Mock polling before it starts rolliing

Other interesting candidates in the fray

SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar (Zahoorabad), Dhananjay Singh (Malhani-Jaunpur) as JD(U) candidate and Abbas Ansari, son of mafia turned politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Mau Sadar seat are contesting in this phase.Dara Singh Chauhan who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and joined the Samajwadi Party is also in contesting from Ghosi in Mau.

UP ministers in the fray

How the seats voted in 2017

This area was once considered a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, the region saw BJP making inroads in 2017 by winning 29 seats along with its allies Apna Dal (4) and SBSP (3). The BSP got six seats and Samajwadi Party 11 seats.

Apart for the main parties, this final round will also be a test for the alliances carved by both the BJP and Samajwadi Party with small caste-based parties.

Good morning! Voting will be held today in the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election covering 54 assembly seats.

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