Polling is on today Thursday Feb 23,2017 for 53 Assembly constituencies spread over 12 districts, including the backward Bundelkhand region
Assembly segments in Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency are among the seats where the electoral exercise is taking place. However, in a first since 1998, Gandhi gave campaigning a miss in her constituency
Other districts where polling is going on in this phase amid tight security are Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Banda, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot and Fatehpur
Backward and water-scarce Bundelkhand region also figures in this phase
The fate of 680 candidates will be decided by 1.84 crore voters including 84 lakh women and 1,032 persons belonging to the third gender.
The maximum number of candidates (26) are in Allahabad North, while only six candidates are in fray in Khaga (Fatehpur), Manjhanpur (Kaushambi) and Kunda (Pratapgarh)
BSP has fielded its nominees in all seats, while BJP’s nominees are in 48 constituencies. BJP has left 6 seats for its ally Apna Dal. SP nominees are contesting in 30 segments and its ally Congress is in the contest from 25 constituencies
In the 2012 polls, out of the 53 seats in this phase, the Samajwadi Party had won 24, BJP 5, Bahujan Samaj Party 15, Congress 6 and others had got 3
Prominent contestants include sitting MLA from Rampur Khas (Pratapgarh) Aradhana Mishra, who is the daughter of Congress MP Pramod Tiwari, and Independent MLA and minister, Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, who is again contesting from his traditional Kunda (Pratapgarh) seat
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