New Delhi: Voting, on Monday, began for the fifth phase in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 51 assembly constituencies spread across 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Over 1.84 crore voters will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 617 candidates, including 43 women, amid tight security.

Here are live updates:

27% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections till 11 am.

Estimated 12 to 13 per cent of voters turn out to exercise their franchise till 10 AM during the fifth phase of UP election 2017.

85 voting in Sultanpur.

11% voting in Gonda.

11.8% voting in Amethi till 9 am.

Mahant Gyandas of Hanuman Gadi casts his vote at a polling booth in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

10.77% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections till 9 am.

Yahan vikas, rozgaar, shiksha sab di gayi hai, lekin Ram Mandir ke bina sab bekar hai, Ram Mandir ban ke rahega: Vinay Katiyar, BJP MP in Ayodhya

UP election 2017: Vinay Katiyar, BJP MP in Ayodhya on Monday. (Image: ANI/Twitter) UP election 2017: Vinay Katiyar, BJP MP in Ayodhya on Monday. (Image: ANI/Twitter)

There are 19 % Muslim voters in these 11 districts.

There are 23 % Muslim voters in these 11 districts.

Congress Amethi candidate Amita Singh with husband and Congress MP Sanjay Singh after casting vote

I am winning with a huge margin and Samajwadi Party government under Akhilesh ji will be in power again: Gayatri Prajapati, SP Amethi candidate.

UP election 2017: ‘I am winning with a huge margin and Akhilesh ji will be in power again’, says Gayatri Prajapati, SP’s rape accused candidate from Amethi. (Image: ANI-Twitter) UP election 2017: ‘I am winning with a huge margin and Akhilesh ji will be in power again’, says Gayatri Prajapati, SP’s rape accused candidate from Amethi. (Image: ANI-Twitter)

Voting begins for the 5th phase in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday at 7:00 am. (Image: ABP Live) Voting begins for the 5th phase in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday at 7:00 am. (Image: ABP Live)

Voting began at 7 a.m. on Monday.

Balloting will be held during the day in Bahraich, Basti, Balrampur, Gonda, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shrawasti, Siddharthnagar, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar and Amethi districts.

Voting for Alapur seat in Ambedkar Nagar, which was also to be held in this phase, was countermanded and then deferred to March 8 due to the death of the Samajwadi Party candidate.

In the 2012 polls, the ruling Samajwadi Party bagged 37 of these 52 seats (including Alapur), the BSP three, Bharatiya Janata Party five, the Congress five and the Peace Party two.