Lucknow/Panaji:
Voting for the seventh and final phase in Uttar Pradesh covering the remaining 15 per cent seats and in Goa will be held today bringing to an end Assembly polls in five states billed as a mini-general election.
With the outcome of the elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa being keenly watched, polling will be held for 60 seats spread over 10 districts in UP which could be decisive in throwing up winning parties.
Counting of votes will be taken up on March 6.
Today's polling in UP will decide the fate of 962 candidates including Samajwadi Party's Muslim face Mohammad Azam Khan. The strength of the UP Assembly is 403 with ruling BSP, SP, BJP and Congress being the main contenders.
The final phase would cover Bijnore, Moradabad, Bheem Nagar, Rampur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Lakhimpur Kheri in which more than 1.82 crore voters are eligble to vote. There are sizeable Muslim pockets in these constituencies.
Besides Azam Khan, who is contesting from Rampur, fate of minister in Mayawati government Omvati from Nagina seat, BSP MP Jugal Kishore's son Saurabh from Kasta and Rastriya Parivartan Dal head DP Yadav, considered a heavyweight from Sahsawan seat, would be decided in this concluding phase.
In the 2007 assembly polls, out of 57 constituencies which will figure in tomorrow's polls BSP had emerged the biggest party bagging 27 seats, while SP and BJP had got 17 and nine seats respectively.
While Rashtriya Parivartan Dal (RPD) of DP Yadav had got two seats, Congress and others got one seat each.
The influence of BJP MP from Aonla Maneka Gandhi, her son and BJP MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi, Union Minister and MP from Dhaurara seat in Lakhimpur, Jitin Prasad and Congress MP Azharuddin in their constituencies would be keenly watched by political observers.
Rashtriya Lok Manch of Amar Singh and local Rampur MP Jaya Prada's influence would also be on test as they tried their best to ensure defeat of Azam Khan in his home turf.
As far as Congress is concerned, impact of Rahul Gandhi, who addressed 211 rallies and conducted roadshows from November 14 till February 29 including this region would be on test in the final phase too.
With the outcome of the elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa being keenly watched, polling will be held for 60 seats spread over 10 districts in UP which could be decisive in throwing up winning parties.
Counting of votes will be taken up on March 6.
Today's polling in UP will decide the fate of 962 candidates including Samajwadi Party's Muslim face Mohammad Azam Khan. The strength of the UP Assembly is 403 with ruling BSP, SP, BJP and Congress being the main contenders.
The final phase would cover Bijnore, Moradabad, Bheem Nagar, Rampur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Lakhimpur Kheri in which more than 1.82 crore voters are eligble to vote. There are sizeable Muslim pockets in these constituencies.
Besides Azam Khan, who is contesting from Rampur, fate of minister in Mayawati government Omvati from Nagina seat, BSP MP Jugal Kishore's son Saurabh from Kasta and Rastriya Parivartan Dal head DP Yadav, considered a heavyweight from Sahsawan seat, would be decided in this concluding phase.
In the 2007 assembly polls, out of 57 constituencies which will figure in tomorrow's polls BSP had emerged the biggest party bagging 27 seats, while SP and BJP had got 17 and nine seats respectively.
While Rashtriya Parivartan Dal (RPD) of DP Yadav had got two seats, Congress and others got one seat each.
The influence of BJP MP from Aonla Maneka Gandhi, her son and BJP MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi, Union Minister and MP from Dhaurara seat in Lakhimpur, Jitin Prasad and Congress MP Azharuddin in their constituencies would be keenly watched by political observers.
Rashtriya Lok Manch of Amar Singh and local Rampur MP Jaya Prada's influence would also be on test as they tried their best to ensure defeat of Azam Khan in his home turf.
As far as Congress is concerned, impact of Rahul Gandhi, who addressed 211 rallies and conducted roadshows from November 14 till February 29 including this region would be on test in the final phase too.
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