LUCKNOW: Two Naxal-hit constituencies of the state which had been given two hours less polling time, recorded a jump in voting percentage as 54 seats of nine districts recorded over 58% turnout in the seventh and last phase on Monday.
Chakia (SC) in Chandauli recorded 65.5% turnout against 64.1% in 2017. Similarly, Dudhit (ST) of Sonbhadra had 64.9% polling, a rise from 63.7% in 2017. The polling in these two and Robertsganj (ST) ended at 4 pm unlike 51 other seats in the phase where voting continued till 6 pm. Robertsganj which shares its border with Bihar and Jharkhand saw 59.9% turnout.
According to Election Commission data at 10pm, 58% polling in the final leg was much below the 2017 turnout of 59.9%. The final data would be released on Friday. As many as 613 candidates were in the fray in this round, which was held in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra and Bhadohi.
