Voting for the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats began on a dull note on Monday, with only 8.5 per cent of voters exercising their right in the first two hours. Voting started at 7 am and will end at 4 pm in Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats while in the rest of the segments, it will continue till 6 pm.

The districts where polls are underway in this phase are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra. The voting percentage till 9 am is 8.58 per cent, according the ECI's Voter Turnout app. While Azamgarh witnessed 8.08 per cent voting, Bhadohi saw 7.41 per cent, Chandauli 8.39 per cent, Ghazipur 8.39 per cent, Jaunpur 8.99 per cent, Mau 9.97 per cent, Mirzapur 8.81 per cent, Sonbhadra 8.39 per cent and Varanasi 8.90 per cent, it said. A total of 613 candidates are in the fray on various seats, including those falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary segment Varanasi.