As many as 3,206 polling stations have been declared as sensitive and 3,366 digital cameras and 565 video cameras have been installed at 447 polling stations for webcasting of the polling process, chief electoral officer (CEO) Uttar Pradesh Umesh Sinha told IANS.
The biggest parliamentary constituency in this phase of polling is Shahjahanpur where the number of voters is 19.78 lakhs while the smallest constituency is Nagina with a total number of voters being 14.92 lakhs. Nearly two lakh security personnel have been deployed.
Polling in the state's 80 Lok Sabha constituencies will be completed in six phases, which includes the first phase April 10. The remaining phases are April 17, 24, 30 and May 7 and 12.
The first phase of polling, where balloting took place in 10 Lok Sabha constituencies, saw a voter turnout of 64.96 percent.
