UP poll: 24.19 pct voters' turnout recorded till 11 AM, Akhilesh casts vote
People in Uttar Pradesh are casting their votes for 69 assembly constituencies.
Voting is under process in 12 districts which are the strongholds of Samajwadi Party (SP).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took it to Twitter to urge voters to cast their votes in large numbers.
Akhilesh Yadav has also cast his vote in Saifai.
"Voted for progress and development today in Saifai," he tweeted.
More than 2.4 crore people are expected to exercise their franchise.
About 826 candidates are in fray in this third phase.
Voting began at 7 am in Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Hardoi, Kannauj, Kanpur rural, Kanpur city, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Auraiyya and Sitapur.
The last two phases of the Uttar Pradesh election have recorded voter turnouts of 64.2 and 66 percent.
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