Eight Assembly seats in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi will be in the focus today in the seventh and the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, with multiple seats witnessing close contests. Apart from the Varanasi district, voting is taking place in eight other districts in India's most populous state.
A total of 613 candidates are in the electoral fray for the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 constituencies slated for Monday in nine districts of Mau, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chandauli, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, and Bhadohi (Sant Ravidas Nagar).
The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
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Mar 07, 2022 06:27 (IST)
Five of the seats are within PM Modi's Parliamentary constituency of Varanasi. A strong poll battle is on the cards in neighbouring Mirzapur and Jaunpur too, where the BJP had won hands down last time.
