A total of 47 candidates filed their nominations for Gorakhpur and Phulpur lok Sabha by-elections to be held on March 11.
On the last day of nominations on Tuesday, 32 candidates filed their nominations for both seats.
While for Gorakhpur, 17 candidates filed their papers with 14 on the last day, in Phulpur 30 have filed their nominations, 18 on the last day.
Former MP and don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed also filed nominations from Phulpur as an Independent candidate. Ahmed had represented Phulpur constituency buy winning in 2004 Parliament elections. He was expelled from Samajwadi Party in 2008 and denied ticket by the party. He contested the 2009 lok Sabha poll as Apna Dal candidate from neighbouring Prtapgarh seat but lost.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on Wednesday while the last date of withdrawal of papers is February 23.
Candidates who filed their nominations for Gorakhpur seat vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath include Nageena Prasad Sahni (Samajwadi Party), Awdhesh (Bahujan Mukti Morcha), Dr. Surayta Kareem (Congress), Upendra Shukla (BJP), Punam Vishwakarma (Rashtriyawadi Janshakti Party), Jai Prakash Gupta (IND), Shailesh Kumar (Janhit Party), Vijay Kumar Rai (IND), Achhe lal (IND), Shrawan Kumar Nishad (IND), Narendra Kumar Mahantha (IND), Ashok (IND), Malti Devi (IND) and Arun Kumar (IND).
In Phulpur seat vacated by Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, the candidates who filed their papers on the last day were Manish Mishra (Congress), Kaushlendra Singh (BJP), Sarvesh (IND), Hasan Ekhlak (IND), Suresh Chandra Upadhyay (Bhartiya Kisan Sena loktantrik), Ashok Kumar (IND), Kamla Prasad (Ambedkar Yug), Ram Kumar Prajapati (IND), Atiq Ahmad (IND), Prem Chandra (Apna Dal), Rajendra Prasad (IND), Susheela Singh (IND), Ram Manohar Singh (IND), Mishri lal (Swatantra Janta Raj Party), Ashish Kumar Shukl (IND), Ganesh Ji Tripathi (Rashtriya Bandhutva Party), Dheerendra Kumar (Samdarshi Samaj Party) and Reeta Vishwakarma (IND).