Voting was held on Sunday on 117 assembly seats in Punjab and 59 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The districts in Uttar Pradesh that went for polling in Phase 3 of assembly elections are Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba.
The Karhal Assembly seat, from where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is contesting, also went to polls in this phase.
In Punjab, a total of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, were in the fray for the high-stake electoral contest.
Here are a few glimpses of voters exercising their franchise in both the states.
IMAGE: First time voters show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the Punjab polls, in Amritsar, on Sunday, February 20, 2022. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Women show their voter identity cards as they arrive to cast votes at a polling station, during the third phase of UP assembly polls, in Kanpur. Photograph: Arun Sharma/PTI Photo
IMAGE: A farmer shows his inked finger in Amritsar. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Women wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling booth in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: A Nihang Sikh after casting his vote in Amritsar. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: A healthcare worker distributes face masks to people standing in a queue, during the Punjab Assembly elections at a polling centre, in Pathankot. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: An elderly woman voter being escorted to a polling station at Ghatampur, in Kanpur Nagar. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: A polling official marks ink on a physically challenged cyclist at a polling booth in Shutrana, Patiala. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: A woman shows her inked finger after casting vote at a polling station in Kanpur. Photograph: Arun Sharma/PTI Photo
IMAGE: A specially-abled voter being carried out after voting at a polling station in Saifai, Etawah. Photograph: ANI Photo