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Western UP turns out in big numbers to cast vote

The battle on face, at least in these parts, appears to be between BJP and BSP

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Voters standing in long queues to cast votes at a polling station during first phase of UP Assembly elections in Mathura on Saturday

Sanjeeb Mukherjee Alokananda Chakroborty Ghaziabad | Noida

Last Updated : Feb 11 2017 | 11:26 PM IST

Polling on Saturday turned out to be largely peaceful for many in high-rise apartments and gated societies that dots of landscape of the two townships that border capital Delhi as the first phase of polling in the crucial Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ended with a high turnout of 64 per cent.

Elsewhere in 73 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh that went to the polls on Saturday, the turnout was impressive with voters queuing up since morning to cast their votes.

The battle on face, at least in these parts, appears to be between BJP and BSP. But in

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