45 pc votes polled till 2 pm in UP’s first-phase Assembly elections

Lucknow, February 11 : About 45 per cent votes were cast till 2 pm on Saturday in 73 Assembly constituencies in the first phase of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.Barring an incident of voter-slip snatching and clashes among supporters of rival parties at Baghpat, polling was peaceful.
The turnout was estimated at around 45 per cent, he said.
A total of 2.60 crore voters, including over 1.17 crore women and 1,508 belonging to third gender category are eligible to cast their ballot to decide the fate of 839 candidates.
A report from Baghpat said RLD workers obstructed Dalit voters from exercising their franchise in Looyan village under Badaut area leading to clash.
Police swung into action to disperse them. FIRs have been filed against three RLD workers. In Meerut, controversial BJP leader Sangeet Som’s brother Gangan Som was detained by police for carrying a pistol inside a polling booth.