The highest voter turnout was recorded in Mau at 24.69 per cent and lowest in Sonbhadra at 19.45 per cent. A total of 613 candidates are in the fray on 54 seats.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency is also going to the polls in this phase. Voting will be held from 7 am to 4 pm on the Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats while in the rest of the segments, it will continue till 6 pm.

The fate of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and several state ministers will be decided in this round, in which 2.06 crore people are eligible to vote.