An average voter turnout of 9.45 per cent was recorded till 9 am on Monday in Uttar Pradesh, where polling is underway in 55 assembly seats spread across nine districts.
This is the second phase of the assembly elections in the state.
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Voting began at 7 am. As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in this phase.
The 55 seats are spread across Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur districts. According to the Election Commission, Saharanpur recorded a voter turnout of 9.77 per cent till 9 am, Bijnor 10.01 per cent, Moradabad 10.03 per cent, Sambhal 10.78 per cent, Rampur 8.37 per cent, Amroha 10.83 per cent, Budaun 9.14 per cent, Bareilly 8.36 per cent and Shahjahanpur 9.18 per cent.
Of the 55 seats, the BJP had won 38 in the 2017 Assembly polls, the Samajwadi Party bagged 15 and the Congress two. The SP and the Congress had contested the last assembly elections together.
Of the 15 seats won by the SP, Muslim candidates registered victory in 10.
The areas going to polls in this phase have a sizeable Muslim population influenced by religious leaders of Barelvi and Deoband sects. These areas are considered strongholds of the SP.
