Election Commission will issue the notification of the seventh and last phase of elections for 40 assembly seats in eastern UP on Thursday where the polling would be held on March 8. The polling in the seventh and last phase includes the assembly seats of the three naxalite affected district of Sonebhadra, Mirzapur and Chandauli, besides the assembly segments falling under Varanasi lok Sabha seat, the constituency of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. State’s chief electoral officer T Vekentesh said here on Wednesday that the nominations would continue till February 16and the candidates can file the papers on the working days. The scrutiny of papers would be done on February 17 while candidates can withdraw their papers till February 20.
With the completion of the seventh phase polling process and elections on March 8, the counting of votes of all the seven phases of 403 assembly seats would be taken up on March 11. In the seventh phase there are 1.41 crore voters which included 76.62 lakh males and 64.76 lakh females who will cast their votes in 14,458 polling booths on March 8. In the 2012 assembly polls these 40 seats results were, 23 to SP, 5 to BSP, 4 to BJP, 3 to Congress and 5 others. The seven districts going to poll in the seventh and last phase are Ghazipur, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Chandauli, Mirzapur,Bhadoi and Sonebhadra. The constituencies to go to polls in the last phase of elections Jakhanian (SC), Saidpur (SC), Ghazipur, Jangipur, Zahoorabad, Mohammadabad, Zamania, Pindra, Ajagra (SC), Shivpur, Rohaniya, Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantt., Sevapuri, Mughalsarai, Sakaldiha, Saiyadraja, Chakiya (SC), Chhanbey (SC), Mirzapur, Majhawan, Chunar, Marihan, Bhadohi, Gyanpur, Aurai (SC), Ghorawal, Robertsganj, Obra (ST), Dudhhi (ST), Badlapur, Shahganj, Jaunpur, Malhani, Mungra Badshahpur, Machhalishahr (SC), Mariyahu, Zafrabad and Kerakat (SC).