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LIVE: UP records 60.17% voter turnout in first phase of Assembly elections

UP election 2022 LIVE updates, phase 1: Districts that go into polls today are Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra and Mathura

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People at a polling station to cast their votes during the voting for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections at Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh (Photo: PTI)

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48.24% polling in phase I UP elections till 3 pm

Phase I of the polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly on Thursday saw 48.24 per cent voting till 3 p.m., according to the Election Commission of India.
 
"Phase I has seen 48.24 per cent polling till 3 p.m.," said the ECI statement along with a disclaimer that these are approximate figures as data from some polling stations takes time to be incorporated.
 
Agra saw 47.51 per cent, Aligarh 45.91 per cent, Bagpat 50.13 per cent, Bulandshahr 50.84 per cent, Gautam Budh Nagar 47.25 per cent, Ghaziabad 43.10 per cent, Hapur 51.63 per cent, Mathura 48.91 per cent, Meerut 48.91 per cent, Muzaffarnagar 52.17 per cent and Shamli saw 53 13 per cent voting, the EC statistics showed.
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Yogi's video message for voters on polling day

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has released a video message for the first phase of polling in the state's Assembly election.

In his six-minute-long video addressed to his 'voting brothers and sisters' on Twitter, he repeatedly stated that he was not "here to ask for your votes".

"It's time for a big decision. In the last five years, the BJP's double engine government has done everything with commitment and fulfilled its promises keeping your trust in mind. A lot has happened in five years -- 24-hour electricity has reached all houses in all villages for the first time, toilets have been made for cleanliness as well as dignity of women, sturdy homes have been built, piped water has reached homes, expressways have been built," Yogi Adityanath said and listed the various achievements of his tenure.

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First Published: Feb 10 2022 | 7:04 AM IST