The notification for the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will be issued on Monday. In fourth phase 53 assembly seats in 12 districts, including Bundelkhand region will go to polls on February 23.
UP’s Chief electoral officer T Venkatesh said here on Sunday that the notification for the fourth phase would be issued on Monday at 11 am after which the process of filing of nomination process would start. February 6 is the last date for filing of nominations for the fourth phase while on the next day, the papers would be scrutinised. February 9 is the last date for withdrawals of nominations.
In the fourth phase there would be 1.84 crore voters who will exercise their franchise at 19,487 polling booths. The polling for the fourth phase would be held on February 23 while counting of all the seven phase polling would be held on March 11. In the fourth phase Assembly segment, the parties which won these seats in 2012 are SP- 24, BSP- 15, BJP- 5, Congress -6 and others -3.
The 12 districts going to polls in the fourth phase are Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jalaun, Jhansi, lalitpur, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Rae Bareli and Chitrakoot.
The notification for the fifth phase of elections in 52 assembly seats would be issued on February 2, sixth phase in 49 seats on February 7 and seventh and last phase in 40 seats on February 9.
The fourth phase of polling would be held in following assembly seats—Rampur Khas, Babaganj (SC), Kunda, Vishwanath Ganj, Pratapgarh, Patti, Raniganj, Sirathu, Manjhanpur (SC), Chail, Phaphamau, Soraon (SC), Phulpur, Pratappur, Handia, Meja, Karachhanna, Allahabad West, Allahabad North, Allahabad South, Bara (SC), Koraon (SC), Madhaugarh, Kalpi, Orai (SC), Babina, Jhansi Nagar, Mauranipur (SC), Garautha, lalitpur, Mehroni (SC), Mahoba, Charkhari, Hamirpur, Rath (SC), Tindwari, Baberu, Naraini (SC), Banda, Chitrakoot, Manikpur, Jahanabad, Bindki, Fatehpur, Ayah Shah, Husainganj, Khaga (SC), Bachhrawan (SC), Harchandpur, Rae Bareli, Salon (SC), Sareni, Unchahar.