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UP bypolls: Voter turnout at 20%, BJP confident of win; top 10 developments

16.8% voters turned out in Gorakhpur, the backyard of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Keshav Prasad Maurya claimed BJP will win with a mandate as big as the one in 2014 General election

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BJP will win both the by-polls (Gorakhpur & Phulpur ) with massive majority & on the basis of PM Modi's governance of development, 2019 election results will also be good for the BJP: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

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Last Updated : Mar 11 2018 | 1:19 PM IST

Voter turnout for key Lok Sabha constituencies of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh picked up, hitting around 20% as of 12 noon. as reported by news agency PTI. The bypolls were necessitated after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated their seats to assume their respective offices in the state government.

Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya is reported to have said that the UP bypolls' mandate for BJP will be as big

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