Polling begins in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh

TIL Desk/National/UP/Manipur/ Voting is underway in the first phase of elections in Manipur where 38 constituencies in five districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Churachandpur and Kangpokpi are polling.

While, the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections, spread across Mau, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Deoria, Azamgarh and Ballia, has also started.

Assembly segments of Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency of firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yogi Adityanath, and Mau, where jailed gangster-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari is in fray, also figure in this penultimate phase of polling that will also cover some districts bordering Nepal.

Around 1.72 crore UP voters, including 94.60 lakh men and 77.84 lakh women, are eligible to cast their votes in this round to decide the fate of 635 candidates.