The Uttar Pradesh assembly poll process kicked off on Tuesday Jan 17,2017 with the Election Commission of India(ECI) issuing notification for the first phase of voting on February 11 which will cover 73 constituencies spread over 15 districts in Muslim-dominated Western UP.
The filing of nominations for these constituencies started at 11 am, immediately after the notification, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office said.
The last date of filing nominations is January 24 while candidature can be withdrawn till January 27. The polling will be held on February 11,2017
The first phase will cover western UP districts, including riot-scarred Muzaffarnagar and Shamli, where BJP had fared well in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
The other districts going to polls in the first phase are Baghpat, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura, Hathras, Agra, Firozabad, Etah and Kasganj.
Over 2.57 crore voters, including around 1.17 crore women, will exercise their franchise in this phase. Of these voters, 24.25 lakh are between the age group of 18 to 19 years, the CEO office said.
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