UP Assembly Polls 2022: BSP releases list of star campaigners for 1st phase

New Delhi: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday (January 23) has released the list of its star campaigners for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls 2022. In the list, party-supremo Mayawati and her brother Anand Kumar are listed as the key campaigners.

This apart, party general secretary Satish Misra, former MP Muquad Ali and former Uttar Pradesh Minister Nakul Dubey are also part of the list of 18-star campaigners.

According to the Election Commission, in the first phase of the elections, 58 assembly constituencies spread over 11 districts will go to the polls on February 10.

January 21 was the last date for making nominations. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on January 24, while January 27 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations.

Counting of votes will be held on March 10.

UP Elections 2022 phase-1

The districts which are going to the polls in this phase are Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura and Agra.

In all, as many as 2,27,83,739 (over 2.27 crore) voters --- including 1,23,31,251 (over 1.23 crore) male voters, 1,04,51,053 (over 1.04 crore) female voters and 1,435 third gender voters will exercise their franchise in the first phase at 25,849 polling booths located in 10,766 polling centres.

Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7 and the results will be announced on March 10.

(With PTI inputs)