The first phase of assembly elections to 38 assembly seats in Manipur was held on February 28 while the second phase covering 22 constituencies is scheduled on March 5.
The voter turnout of 88.63 percent was recorded in the first phase as per the Election Commission of India.
In Uttar Pradesh, more than 55 per cent voting was recorded in the sixth phase of elections on Thursday. The 54 remaining seats will go to polls in the last phase of the election on March 7.
The counting of votes and declaration of results for all five states will take place on March 10.
Here are the Highlights on the Assembly Elections
Huge turnout of people at PM Narendra Modi's roadshow in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, ahead of the seventh and the last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections pic.twitter.com/NZ14YdWKre
- ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 4, 2022
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav holds a roadshow in Varanasi, ahead of the last phase of #UPElections pic.twitter.com/1G9VHA4yRd
- ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 4, 2022
Crowds cheered and showered flower petals on Narendra Modi's cavalcade as he held a mega roadshow in Varanasi, drumming up support for BJP candidates ahead of the last phase of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
If the state will have an effective government, then development will happen and bulldozers will be used together...Mafias committing crimes under SP govt are now seen crawling instead of flaunting guns in jeep, our govt has put them in jails: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Ahead of the seventh and last phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that due to the fear arising out of impending Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victory, many leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have started making their bookings to flee abroad.
We will provide employment to people. We will provide free electricity to farmers: Samajwadi Party chief
The Prime Minister, who has been on the campaign trail for the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, will be holding a roadshow in Varanasi today
Additional Director General, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar, has ordered a probe against Abbas Ansari, son of jailed don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari for his controversial statement at a public rally in Mau.
Repoll has been ordered at 12 booths in five Assembly constituencies in Manipur where people voted on February 28 in the first phase. It was recommended based on the facts and information received and reported by respective Returning Officers, a statement from the Election Commission said.
The second phase of the Manipur elections on Saturday will see a closely watched contest in 11 constituencies in the hilly areas of the state dominated by the Naga tribe.