The Election Commission will issue the notification for the second phase of polling in the state on Wednesday. The polling for the second phase would be held in 11 lok Sabha seats on April 17.
Prominent political leaders whose fate would be decided in this phase are Menaka Gandhi of BJP from Pilibhit, Congress leader Noor Bano from Moradabad and RlD candidate Rakesh Tikait from Amroha.
The notification for the first phase of polls was issued on March 15 for 10 seats mostly of NCR region where polling would be held on April 10. Giving the details here on Tuesday evening, Chief Electoral officer (CEO) Umesh Sinha said that last date for filing of nominations for the second phase of elections in UP would be March 26.
"Scrutiny of the nominations will be done on the next day while candidates can withdraw their nominations till March 29," he said. The seats going to polls in the second phase in UP are Nagina (SC), Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Amroha, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur (SC) and Kheri.
March 22 is the last date for filing of nominations for the first phase while the papers would be scrutinised on March 24 and candidates can withdraw their nominations till March 26.
Only one independent candidate had filed his nominations from Muzaffarnagar seat on the opening day in the first phase of the polls on March 15. Sinha said that in the second phase, 1.80 crore voters would exercise their right to vote out of which 98.84 lakh were males, 82.09 females and remaining 1,066 of other gender. The notification for the third phase of polls in UP will be made on March 29 for 12 seats where polling is scheduled for April 24 while for the fourth phase of polls, notification will be issued on April 2 for 14 constituencies where election will be held on April 30.
The fifth phase of the election in 15 constituencies will be held on May 7 for which the notification will be issued on April 12. Notification for the sixth and last phase of polling would be issued on April 17 when the highest number of 18 lok Sabha seats in UP will go to polls on May 12. Counting of votes of all the six phases will be held on May 16.