20.51 per cent turnout till 11 am in the third phase of the UP polls today.

"Voting began at 7 am for the third phase of assembly elections and 20.51 per cent polling was recorded in the first four hours," Election Commission officials said today.

This phase will decide the fate of three cabinet ministers, a minister of state, 29 sitting MLAs and 14 former ministers. More than 1.75 crore voters are expected to cast their votes to seal the fate of 1,018 candidates in the polling.