Lucknow: Over 51 percent voting was recorded in eight hours since polling began for the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Sunday, Election Commission (EC) officials said.
The maximum balloting was reported from Barabanki where the figure stood at 56.23 per cent, followed closely by Sitapur (56), Kannauj (54.33), Hardoi -- the stronghold of Rajya Sabha member Naresh Agarwal -- (53.94), Kanpur rural (54) and Auraiyya (51.72).
Etawah, the home town of the first family of Uttar Pradesh, saw a not-so-encouraging voter turn out till 3 pm and 52.63 percent votes were cast.
In Mainpuri, another Samajwadi Party bastion, 50.35 percent votes were cast.
Farukkhabad saw an impressive voter turn out with 54.40 percent and election officials hope the voter percentage would better itself from the 2012 state assembly elections.
Lucknow continued to be poor turnout district with merely 50.5 percent balloting.
In Unnao as well, only 50 percent votes were cast so far.
Of the 69 seats going to polls in 12 districts in the third phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) held 55 seats and is faced with the daunting task of saving its position, if not repeating it.
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