UP Assembly Elections 2022 Live Updates: Voting Begins In 61 Seats, Ayodhya In Focus

UP Assembly Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: The districts going to the polls today include Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabaki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.

Voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections begins. Sixty-one constituencies spread across 12 districts will be voting in this phase of polling.

This phase is crucial for the BJP as the party and its allies won 50 of the 61 seats here in the 2017 elections. A resurgent Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav is the BJP's biggest challenger here.

The districts going to the polls today include Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabaki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.