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Uttar Pradesh poll juggernaut halts after gruelling 2 months

Final 7th phase polling concluded this evening

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Women queue up at a polling booth in Amethi during the fifth phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Photo: PTI

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

Last Updated : Mar 08 2017 | 7:22 PM IST

The over two-month long poll juggernaut in Uttar Pradesh, a state that virtually holds the key to power at the Centre, came to end this evening following the conclusion of voting in the seventh and last phase.

The gruelling election process, which started to roll after Election Commission (EC) on January 4, 2017, announced the polling schedule for the five election-bound states -- UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur.

Due to its large geography, population and the highest number of assembly seats at 403, the UP polling was scheduled across seven phases, starting from western UP region and culminating with eastern UP

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