Altogether 866 candidates have filed nominations for 59 assembly seats for the third phase of polls in Uttar Pradesh where polling is scheduled on February 20.
A total of 866 candidates filed their nominations for the third phase polls with 362 candidates submitting their papers on Tuesday, the last day of nominations.
Tirwa assembly seat in Farrukhabad district has the highest number of 22 candidates . There are 20 candidates each in Firozabad and Madhaugarh seats.
The scrutiny of the nomination papers will be done on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, for the fourth phase polls on 60 seats where polling will be held on February 23, 293 nominations have been filed so far with 141 filed on Tuesday.
February 3 is the last date for filing of nominations for phase four.
Notification for the fifth phase was issued on Tuesday for 61 seats, on the opening day no nomination was filed.