Elections 2022 LIVE updates: Voting begins in UP, Goa, Uttarakhand

Assembly elections 2022 LIVE updates: Voting is underway across 165 seats spanning Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa today. it will continue till 6.00 pm. In UP, this is the second phase of polling. Elections will be held in nine districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Badaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur for 55 assembly seats. There around 586 candidates are in the poll fray out of which 69 are women candidates.

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Meanwhile, polling is underway in Uttarakhand’s 70-seat Assembly across 13 districts, where the BJP is seeking a second consecutive term in office. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will contest from his current constituency, Khatima. While former CM Harish Rawat will contest from Lalkuwa.