UP Election 2017: 66 Per Cent Overall Voter Turnout In Phase 2

UP Assembly Election 2017: Voter turnout in the first phase was recorded at 64.2 per cent.

Voting in 67 constituencies across 15 districts for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017 has come to end. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati campaigned extensively for this phase. Among the key constituencies polling today include Bijnor, Moradabad, Lakhimpur Kheri among others. The Uttar Pradesh election is considered to be a high-octane three-way contest between the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, the BJP and BSP. While the Samajwadi Party seeks to retain the state - albeit with the Congress this time, the BSP and BJP hope to regain power in the state after five and 13 years respectively.

The voter turnout in the first phase was recorded at 64.2 per cent - an increase of nearly three per cent from the first phase turnout in 2012.

Here are the live updates of the second phase of the UP assembly elections 2017:

6:17 pm IST: 66 per cent voter turnout has been recorded in second phase till 5 pm - which is the final provisional tally as voting comes to an end.

5.17 pm IST: Voting for the second phase has came to an end at 5:00 pm - as per schedule. However, those who joined the queue at 4:59 pm will be allowed to cast their vote.

4.47 pm IST: Phase 2 polling saw a higher turnout during the assembly elections in 2012. In 2012, the final turnout in Phase 2 was 65.1% as against 61.2% in Phase 1.

3.57 pm IST: Voter turnout in phase-II of Uttar Pradesh elections touches 53.2 per cent till 3 pm.

2.02 pm IST: Voter turnout in phase-II of Uttar Pradesh elections touches 41.2 per cent till 1 pm.

1.55 pm IST: Congress candidate from Nakur Imran Masood casts his vote in Saharanpur.

12.40 pm IST: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi's 115-year-old grandfather Zurriyat Hussain Kazmi casts his Vote in Bareilly

11.41 am IST: Voter turnout in phase-II of Uttar Pradesh elections touches 24.4 per cent till 11 am.

10.39 am IST: Newly-married couple cast their vote in Bareilly.

10.03 am IST: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi votes at a polling booth in Rampur.

9.53 am IST: Voter turnout in phase-II of Uttar Pradesh elections touches 10.75 per cent till 9 am.

9.05 am IST: Former Union Minister and Congress candidate from Tilhar, Jitin Prasada, votes in Shahjahanpur.

8. 53 am IST: Party wise breakup of rich candidates in Phase-II

Party wise break up of Rich Candidates -Phase 2
Party	Total number of candidates analyzed	No of Rich Candidates
BJP	67	50
Cong	18	13
BSP	67	58
SP	51	45
RLD	52	15
IND	206	36
Oth	258	39
Total	719	256
Note : Rich candidates are candidates whose assets are 1 Cr and above Source : ADR

8.19 am IST: Party wise break up of Phase-II candidates with declared criminal cases

Party wise break up of candidates with declared criminal cases - Phase 2
Party	Total number of candidates analyzed	Candidates with Declared criminal Cases
BJP	67	16
Cong	18	6
BSP	67	25
SP	51	21
RLD	52	6
IND	206	13
Oth	258	20
Total	719	107
Source : ADR

8.08 am IST: Key candidates contesting phase-II of the UP Polls

Heavyweights- Phase 2
Const No	Const Name	Cand Name	Party	Profile
24002	Nakur	Imran Masood	Cong	State Vice President
24002	Nakur	Dharam Singh Saini	BJP	Three times MLA
24020	Dhampur	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	SP	Sitting MLA and Minister of State
24028	Moradabad Nagar	Ateeq Ahmed Saifi	BSP	Former President of Apna Dal
24033	Sambhal	Iqbal Mehmood	SP	Five times MLA and a Cabinet Minister
24034	Suar	Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan	SP	Son of Cabinet Miniter Azam Khan
24034	Suar	Nawab Kazim Ali Khan	BSP	MLA from Suar in 2012 but expelled from Congress and now contesting from BSP
24037	Rampur	Mohammad Azam Khan	SP	Sitting MLA and a Cabinet Minister
24037	Rampur	Shiv Bahadur Saxena	BJP	Former Minister and a Five time MLA
24041	Amroha	Mehabob Ali	SP	Four times MLA and a Cabinet Minister of Textile.
24042	Hasanpur	Kamal Akhtar	SP	Sitting MLA and a Panchayati Raj Minister
24128	Barkhera	Jaidrath Alia Prabaktanand	RLD	BJP rebel now contesting from RLD. He is a close aide to Maneka Gandhi.
24133	Tilhar	Kunwar Jitin Prasada	Cong	Former Minister of State for Human Resources
24133	Tilhar	Roshan Lal Verma	BJP	MLA from Tilwar in 2012 but expelled from BSP and now contesting from BJP
24136	Dadraul	Rammurtee Singh Verma	SP	Sitting MLA and Minister of State for Backward Classes Development.He has been accused in the murder of Jagendra Singh who was a journalist.