Notification for the third phase of voting will be issued on January 25, procession will be banned at the time of nomination

Lucknow: The process of the third phase of the assembly elections in UP has started. A notification for the third phase of polling will be issued on January 25. This information was given by Ajay Kumar Shukla, Chief Election Commissioner of UP. In the third phase, voting will be held in the assembly seats of 16 districts. In these 16 districts, Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur, and Mahoba are to file nomination papers for 59 assembly seats. The process will start. In the third phase of the 59 assembly seats, 15 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes. The Chief Electoral Officer said that according to the voter list published on January 5, there are a total of 2,15,75,430 (two crore fifteen lakh seventy five thousand four hundred thirty) voters in the third phase. This includes 1,16,12,010 male voters, 99,62,324 female voters and 1,096 third gender voters. He informed that the Election Commission of India has fixed the polling time from 7 am to 6 pm.

Last date for nomination is February 1According to the election schedule of the Election Commission of India, the last date for the third phase of nomination is 1 February. The scrutiny of nominations will be done on February 2 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations has been fixed on February 4. The third phase of polling will be held on February 20 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10. According to the election program, the process of nomination for the 59 assembly seats for which the third phase will start on January 25, includes (78) Hathras (SC), (79) Sadabad, (80) Sikandra Rau, (95) Tundla (SC). , (96) Jasrana, (97) Firozabad, (98) Shikohabad, (99) Sirsaganj, (100) Kasganj, (101) Amopur, (102) Patiali, (103) Aliganj, (104) Etah, (105) Marhra , (106) Jalesar (SC), (107) Mainpuri, (108) Bhogaon, (109) Kishni (SC), (110) Karhal, (192) Kayamganj (SC), (193) Amritpur, (194) Farrukhabad, (195) Bhojpur, (196) Chhibramau, (197) Tirwa, (198) Kannauj (SC), (199) Jaswantnagar, (200) Etawah, (201) Bharthana (SC), (202) Bidhuna, (203) Dibiyapur , (204) Auraiya (SC), (205) Rasoolabad (SC), (206) Akbarpur-Rania, (207) Sikandra, (208) Bhognipur, (209) Bilhaur (SC), (210) Bithoor, (211) Kalyanpur, (212) Govindnagar, (213) Sisamau, (214) Aryanagar, (215) Kidwai Nagar, (216) Kanpur Cantonment, (217) Maharajpur, (218) Ghatampur (SC), (219) Madhaugarh, (220) Kalpi, (221) Orai (SC), (222) Babina, (223) Jhansi Nagar, (224) Mauranip Ur (SC), (225) Garautha, (226) Lalitpur, (227) Mehrauni (SC), (228) Hamirpur, (229) Rath (SC), (230) Mahoba and (231) Charkhari assembly seats are included. .

You can submit online application hereThe Chief Electoral Officer said that candidates can submit their online application through the Suvidha web portal suvidha.eci.gov.in and submit the copy of the application form to the Returning Officer. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, no candidate will be allowed a procession at the time of nomination.