Voters stand in queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the sixth phase of the state assembly election in Gorakhpur on Saturday. Pic/PTI

Lucknow: Around 60 percent turnout was reported in the sixth and penultimate phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Saturday as voting came to an end on 5 p.m., officials said.

The electorate in the phase, covering 49 constituencies in seven eastern districts of the state, comprised 1.72 crore people.