Of the 15 seats won by the SP, Muslim candidates registered victory in 10. The SP and the Congress had contested the last assembly elections together.
Of the 55 seats in which voting is being held in the second phase, the BJP had won 38 in the 2017 Assembly polls, the SP bagged 15 and the Congress two. As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in this phase. The 55 seats are spread across Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur districts. Voting kicked off in 55 assembly seats spread across nine districts at 7 am. The voting for the second phase is being held in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The areas going to the polls in this phase have a sizeable Muslim population influenced by religious leaders of Barelvi and Deoband sects. The saffron party also demanded the deployment of women constables at all polling booths to keep a close watch on the voting process. The BJP claimed bogus voting at polling booths and has demanded that the identity of burqa-clad women be thoroughly checked by women police constables.
UP second-phase election: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit of Uttar Pradesh has written a letter to the Election commission of India (ECI) accusing the poll officials of not checking the identity of the burqa-clad women before allowing them to cast their votes. Areas going to polls in this phase have a sizeable Muslim population.As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in this phase.Voting for second phase is being held in 55 assembly seats of UP.
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