In Uttar Pradesh, the polling for the seventh and final phase of the Assembly elections began today in the morning for the 40 assembly seats. The polling in the state is underway. The polling percent of voters recorded till 9 am is 10.43 percent.

As per the sources news, 1.41 crore voters are eligible to vote in this seventh and last phase of UP Assembly elections which includes 76.87 lakh men and 64.99 women while 706 voters are of the third gender. 535 Candidates including 51 women are contesting elections for the Assembly seats.

8,632 polling stations with 14,458 polling booths have been set up. The counting of votes of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa is scheduled to take place on 11 march.

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