More than 2.5 crore electorate, including 1.37 crore male and 1.14 crore female are expected to exercise their franchise in the this phase.
Besides grandsons of former PM Indira Gandhi - Rahul and Varun contesting from adjacent Amethi and Sultanpur seats, this phase would also decide fate of a number of stalwarts, including Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma (Gonda) and cricketer-turned-politician Mohd Kaif (Phulpur).
Congress state president Nirmal Khatri (Faizabad), poet-turned-politician Kumar Vishwas, and “bahu” of tinsel town and BJP Rajya Sabha member Smriti Irani, are also in the fray.
In Amethi, while Vishwas is banking on the power of “aam aadmi”, Irani is trying to cash in on Modi wave and by highlighting “lack of development” in Rahul's 10 year regime as MP.
As Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi campaigned extensively for her brother Rahul - holding meetings and roadshow, the Congress Vice-President himself undertook a whirlwind tour of his constituency and attempted to strike an emotional chord with the electorate.
