Fifth phase: About 55 per cent polling in 61 UP seats

Women show their identification cards as they stand in a queue to cast their votes, on the outskirts of Prayagraj on Sunday. Pic/PTI

About 55 per cent polling was recorded till 6 pm on Sunday in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls for 61 seats spread across 12 districts.

Polling has been peaceful so far barring in Pratapgarh's Kunda assembly seat where SP candidate Gulshan Yadav's convoy was allegedly attacked by some people, police said.

Party workers claimed that Yadav sustained minor injuries in the attack.

SP state president Naresh Uttam and national spokesperson Rajendra Chowdhury have given a written complaint regarding the Kunda incident to the Election Commission.

According to the Election Commission of India's voter turnout app, the polling percentage till 3 pm is 46.28.

As many as 692 candidates are in the fray in this round, including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who is contesting from Sirathu in Kaushambi district. He is pitted against Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) candidate Pallavi Patel.

Some of the ministers in the fray are Nand Gopal Gupta Nadi from Allahabad South and Ramapati Shastri from Mankapur (Gonda), and Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, who is the MLA from Kunda since 1993. Union minister Anupriya Patel's mother and Apna Dal (K) leader Krishna Patel is contesting from the Pratapgarh.

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