Notification for fourth phase issued

Lucknow, Mar 28 (UNI) Election Commission today notified the election process for the fourth phase on 57 assembly seats where polling would be held on April 23.

Governor T V Rajeswar issued the notification for phase-IV and with this nomination process for the phase started.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.

Meanwhile campaigning for the first phase in 62 assembly seats where polling is slated to be held on April 7 has started on a brisk note 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 this afternoon while process for the third phase in 57 seats will end on Monday next.

With the notification for Phase IV, now election process in 234 seats out of the total 403 member UP assembly has started.

EC had made elaborate security arrangements for free and fair polls in the state and Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami is personally monitoring the election process in the state.

The districts going to polls in this phase are: Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Barabanki, Bhariach, Basti, Balrampur, Gonda, Santkabirnagar, Shravasti and Sidharthnagar.

The constituencies are: Mohamdi(SC), Utraula, Haiderabad, Sadullah Nagar, Paila(SC), Mankapur(SC), Lakhimpur, Mujehna, Srinagar, Gonda, Nighasan, Katra Bazar, Dhaurehra, Colonelganj, Behta, Dixir(SC), Biswan, Harraiya, Mahmoodabad, Captainganj, Sidhauli(SC), Nagar East(SC), Laharpur, Basti, Sitapur, Ramnagar, Hargaon(SC), Domariaganj, Misrikh, Itwa, Machhrehta(SC), Shohratgarh, Rudauli,Naugarh, Dariyabad, Bansi, Siddhaur (SC), Khesraha, Haidergarh, Menhdawal, Masauli, Khalilabad(SC), Nawabganj, Hainsarbazar(SC), Fatehpur(SC), Ramnagar, Kaiserganj, Fakharpur, Mahsi, Nanpara, Charda(SC), Bhinga, Bahraich, Ikauna(SC), Gainsari, Tulsipur and Balrampur.

In 2002 assembly polls, ruling Samajwadi Party had won 31 seats followed by BJP 14, BSP 9, Congress 2 and Janata Dal (United) 1 in the 57 seats in stake in the fourth phase.

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