Notification for phase-VI of UP polls issued

Lucknow, Apr 5 (UNI) The poll process for the crucial sixth phase of Assembly elections started today with the notification for 52 seats of central and eastern Uttar Pradesh where polling will be held on May 3.

Governor T V Rajeshwar issued the notification for phase-VI where nominations will continue till April 12, while scrutiny would be done next day. Candidates can withdraw their nomination papers till April 16.

For sixth phase polling to be held on May 3, over 1.63 crore voters can exercise their franchise, including 88.7 lakh male and 75.2 lakh females, in 8210 polling stations spread out in nine districts. Altogether 17800 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs ) will also be used for polling in the phase.

The second last phase of polling in the state will cover the sensitive naxalite belt of Sonebhadra, Chandauli and Mirzapur districts, alongwith other regions of Varanasi and Allahabad.This phase will also cover Chitrakoot and Banda districts of Bundelkhand.

Meanwhile, campaign for the first phase of polling in 62 Assembly seats where elections are due on April 7 would come to an end today at 1700 hrs.

The poll process for the second phase of polling to be held on April 13 has also been completed with 883 candidates in the fray, while in the first phase there are 848 candidates.

In the third phase 863 candidates are left in the fray after the last date of nomination which expired yesterday.For the fourth phase, a total of 1031 nominations were filed and scrutiny of the papers is underway today. Nomination papers can be withdrawn till April 7.

For the fifth Phase elections in 57 assembly seats nominations can be submitted till April 10. Scrutiny of papers would be done the next day while candidates can withdraw their nominations till April 13.

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