UP Polls: 24% voters exercise franchise in first four hours

February 23, 2012 13:04

Voting picked up in the fifth phase of UP assembly elections covering 49 seats with nearly 24 per cent of the over 1.56 crore electorate casting their vote in
the first four hours amidst reports of poll boycott in some areas.

Polling started at 7 am amidst tight security arrangements and 23.75 per cent votes were cast in the first four hours of voting, Chief Electoral Officer of UP Umesh Sinha said here. Maximum 28 per cent votes were polled in Lalitpur,
followed by 25 per cent in Jalaun district.

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