Gorakhpur City is among the nine sensitive assembly constituencies in the state going to polls in the sixth phase on Thursday. Over 1.5 lakh security personnel will be deployed in this phase covering 57 assembly seats in 10 districts, where 2.1 crore people are eligible to vote, police said.
Nine constituencies – Gorakhpur City, Bansi, Etawah, Dumariaganj, Ballia Nagar, Phephna Bairia, Sikanderpur and Bansdih – have been kept in the sensitive category, police said.
The 10 districts where the elections will be held in this phase are Deoria, Basti, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharthnagar, Balrampur, Ambedkar Nagar and Ballia. The Samajwadi Party has pitted the wife of late Upendra Dutt Shukla, a former BJP leader, against Chief Minister Adityanath. Azad Samaj Party founder Chandrashekhar Azad is also contesting against the chief minister.
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