Polling for the sixth phase of UP assembly elections covering 68 seats spread over 13 districts began on Tuesday amidst tight security arrangements.
"Polling for the sixth phase of elections covering 68 assembly seats spread over 13 districts started at 7 AM and would continue till 5 PM," Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha said.
The sixth phase would cover assembly seats in Saharanpur, Prabuddha Nagar, Meerut, Bagpath, Ghaziabad, Panchsheel Nagar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar, Mathura, Mahamayanagar and Agra.
More than 2.17 crore voters are expected to cast their votes to decide the fate of 1103 candidates, including 86 females.
To ensure free and fair elections adequate security forces have been deployed.
The CEO said that polling was being held at 22,137 polling stations at 12181 centres, of which 3188 centres and 4892 stations have been marked as sensitive.
To keep a tight vigil on polling process 1015 video cameras and 2353 digital cameras have been installed.
In 2007 assembly polls 46.58 per cent votes were polled for 67 seats of which BSP got 35, BJP 12, RLD 10, SP 3, Congress 2 and others 5.
All the political parties including Congress, SP, BSP, BJP and RLD have done hectic campaigning in the Jat land of the state.
This phase would decide the popularity of Congress' alliance with Ajit Singh led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which has stronghold in the western region of the state.