Voting began at 55 Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh for the second phase, all the 70 Assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand and all the 40 seats of the Goa Assembly on Monday.
In Uttar Pradesh, voting is being held at 23,404 polling booths at 12,544 polling stations in Saharanpur, Amroha, Bijnor, Rampur, Sambhal, Moradabad, Bareilly, Badaun and Shahjahanpur. Around 2.02 crore voters, including 1.08 crore males and 94 lakh females are eligible to decide the electoral fate of 586 candidates, including 69 women, in this phase, according to Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla.
In Uttarakhand, for the first time due to Covid-19 outbreak, voters above the age of 80 and those with disability have been given the option of postal ballots. A total of 81,72,173 voters are eligible to decide the electoral fate of 632 candidates in these elections.
According to the Goa Election Commission officials, polling is being held at 1,722 polling stations in South Goa and North Goa districts. This time 80 more polling stations have been added for the single-day balloting, compared to the 2017 Assembly elections. A total of 11.6 lakh electorates are eligible to decide the electoral fate of 301 candidates, including 14 women.
