Voting for the fifth phase of UP polls began with 692 candidates in the fray in 61 assembly constituencies. Around 2.24 crore voters will exercise their franchise in this phase in the districts of Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Prayagraj, Barabanki and Gonda, among others. Amethi and Raebareli, once considered Congress bastions, and Ayodhya, the epicentre of the Ram temple movement,