Altogether 244 candidates are in the fray for fifth phase of election in Uttar Pradesh where 15 seats of eastern parts of the state will go to polls on May 7.
On the last day for withdrawals on Wednesday 25 candidates withdrew their papers. According to EC sources 368 candidates filed their nominations for the phase in which nominations of 99 were rejected during scrutiny and 25 withdrew and hence finally 244 are left in the fray. A record of 34 candidates are in the fray from the prestigious Amethi seat where EC will have to deploy 3 balloting units of the Electronic voting machines. Allahabad and Sant Kabir Nagar seats will have 25 candidates each while the lowest numbers of 10 candidates are in Bahraich seat.
Meanwhile for the sixth and last phase of elections in 18 seats, a total of 110 candidates filed their nominations on Wednesday. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was among the prominent who filed his nomination papers from Varanasi on Wednesday. Thursday is the last day for filing of nominations for the sixth phase were polling would be held on May 12.