New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday notified the election process for the fourth phase of the seven-phased Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
Governor T V Rajeswar issued the notification for phase four on 57 assembly seats where polling would be held on April 23.
The nomination papers would be accepted till April 4 while scrutiny of papers would be done on the next day. Candidates can withdraw their nominations till April 7.
In the fourth phase, over 1.57 crore voter including 85.2 lakh male and 72.1 lakh female will exercise their franchise at 9208 polling stations spread out in 10 districts. More than 17,500 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) would also be used in this phase.
Campaigning for the first phase in 62 assembly seats where polling is slated to be held on April 7 has started with BJP, BSP, Congress and the ruling SP leaders attending several election meetings on a daily basis.
The nomination process for the second phase polls in 58 assembly segments to be held on April 13 will end on Tuesday afternoon while process for the third phase in 57 seats will end on Monday next.
The districts going to poll in this phase are: Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Barabanki, Bhariach, Basti,Balrampur,Gonda, Santkabirnagar, Shravasti and Sidharthnagar.
The seven-phased assembly polls in the state would be held on April 7, 13, 18, 23, 28.
(With inputs from UNI)
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