The process of filing nominations for the Third Phase of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and the Single-Phase Elections in Punjab has begun today with the issuance of notification. Uttar Pradesh is going to polls in seven phases from 10th of February to 7th of March.
The Third Phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh will be conducted on 20th of February in 59 Assembly Constituencies from 16 districts including 15 ACs reserved for the Scheduled Castes. These districts include Hathras, Kanshiram Nagar (Kasganj), Etah, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jhansi and Lalitpur district. In addition, the Single-Phase polling in Punjab will be held simultaneously. All the 117 Assembly Constituencies in the state will go to polls together in this phase.
During the UP Third Phase and the Single-Phase polling in Punjab, the nominations can be filed till 1st of February and the scrutiny will be undertaken on 2nd of February.
The last date for withdrawal of candidature will be 4th of February. Total 2,15,75,430 electors will be eligible to exercise their franchise during the Third Phase in Uttar Pradesh. They include 1,16,12,010 male, 99,62,324 female and 1,096 third gender voters.
Punjab has total 2,13,88,764 electors including 2,12,75,066 general and 1,13,698 service voters. The number of PwD voters is 1,44,667. It also includes 1,11,87,857 male, 1,00,86,514 female and 695 third gender voters. The total strength of the house is 117 out of which 34 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes.
Meanwhile, the picture of the electoral contests in the First Phase of UP Assembly Elections will become clear on Thursday which is the last day for withdrawal of candidature. In all, 658 nominations were found valid during the scrutiny. In this phase, 58 Assembly Constituencies including nine reserved for the Scheduled Castes will go to polls on 10th of February.
These constituencies are from eleven districts of Shamali (Prabuddh Nagar), Meerut, Hapur (Panchsheel Nagar), Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Mathura.
The Second Phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh will be conducted on 14th of February in 55 Assembly Constituencies from nine districts including nine ACs reserved for the Scheduled Castes. They include Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha (J.P. Nagar), Moradabad, Bareilly, Rampur, Sambhal (Bhim Nagar), Budaun and Shahjahanpur district. In addition, the Single-Phase polling in two states Goa and Uttarakhand will be held simultaneously. Forty seats in Goa and 70 seats in Uttarakhand will go to polls together in this phase.
During the UP Second Phase and the Single-Phase polling in the two states, the nominations can be filed till 28th and the scrutiny will be undertaken on 29th of January. In Uttar Pradesh, 58 nominations were filed in this phase while 21 nominations were filed in Goa and 42 were filed in Uttarakhand till the last evening.
The last date for withdrawal of candidature will be 31st of January. Total 2,01,42,441 electors will be eligible to exercise their franchise during the Second Phase in Uttar Pradesh. They include 1,07,61,476 male, 93,79,704 female and 1,261 third gender voters.
Goa has total 11,56,762 electors including 11,56,464 general and 298 service voters. The total number also includes 9,643 Persons with Disabilities. It also includes 5,62,500 male, 5,93,960 female and four third gender voters.
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