The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notification for the sixth phase of the state assembly elections where 49 seats of eastern UP adjoining the Indo-Nepal border and Bihar would go to the polls on March 4.
The sixth phase would be held in seven districts where the nominations started on Tuesday, said the Chief Electoral Officer of UP, T Vekentesh. February 14 is the last date for filing of nominations for the sixth phase, while scrutiny would be done on February 16. Candidates can withdraw their nominations till February 18. The CEO said that nominations would be filed every day on the working day till February 14.
Counting of votes for all the seven phases would be held on March 11. The notification for the seventh and final phase to 40 seats would be issued on February 9.
The sixth phase of elections would witness around 1.72-crore electorate, including 77.84-lakh female, who can exercise their franchise in 17,926 polling booths. As per the 2012 elections results in these 49 seats, 27 were won by SP, 9 by BSP, 7 by BJP, 4 by Congress and others 2.
The districts going to the polls in the sixth phase are Maharajganj, Deoria, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia.
The Assembly seats where the sixth phase polling would be held are: Pharenda, Nautanwa, Siswa, Maharajganj (SC), Paniyra, Khadda, Padrauna, Tamkuhi Raj, Fazilnagar, Kushinagar, Hata, Ramkola (SC), Campairganj, Pipraich, Gorakhpur Urban, Gorakhpur Rural, Sahajanwa, Khajani (SC), Chauri Chaura, Bansgaon (SC), Chillupar, Rudrapur, Deoria, Pathardeva, Rampur Karkhana, Bhatpar Rani, Salempur (SC), Barhaj, Atrauliya, Gopalpur, Sagri, Mubarakpur, Azamgarh, Nizamabad, Phoolpur Pawai, Didarganj, lalganj (SC), Mehnagar (SC), Madhuban, Ghosi, Muhammadabad Gohna (SC), Mau, Belthara Road (SC), Rasara, Sikanderpur, Phephana, Ballia Nagar, Bansdih and Bairia.