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UP by-polls: 43% voter turnout recorded in Gorakhpur & 37.39% in Phulpur
In Gorakhpur, the key contenders are Upendra Shukla from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Praveen Nishad from Samajwadi Party (SP) and Surhita Chatterjee Karim from Congress.
Lucknow: The polling for Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha bye-elections in Gorakhpur and Phulpur has over. 43% voter turnout recorded in Gorakhpur & 37.39% in Phulpur. State chief minister Yogi Adityanath was seen voting at a polling booth in Gorakhpur constituency.
The bypolls in the two constituencies were necessitated after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated their seats in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, respectively, on taking their office.
In Gorakhpur, the key contenders are Upendra Shukla from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Praveen Nishad from Samajwadi Party (SP) and Surhita Chatterjee Karim from Congress.
Meanwhile, candidates in the fray for the Phulpur seat are Kaushalendra Singh Patel from the BJP, Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel from the SP and Manish Mishra from the Congress.
For these bypolls, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the SP have set aside their rivalry to join forces.
The results for both states will be declared on March 14. (ANI)