UP Polls: Akhilesh Yadav, Azam Khan in Samajwadi Party's 1st list of candidates

Samajwadi Party today released first list of their candidates for Uttar Pradesh elections. Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, senior leader Azam Khan, his son Abdullah Azam Khan were among the top faces in the list.

Former state minister Dharam Singh Saini, who crossed over to the SP a few days ago, has been named as the party's nominee from Nakur seat in Saharanpur district.

The Samajwadi Party had last week said that former Congress leader Imran Masood, who had also joined the SP, extended his support to Saini's candidature amid reports about his resentment over denial of ticket to him.

Shivpal Yadav, who is the uncle of Akhilesh Yadav, has been declared as the party candidate from the family bastion of Jaswantnagar assembly constituency in Etawah district.

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. The state has 403 constituencies.

The 403-member UP Assembly will go to the polls between February 10 and march 7, while the counting of votes will be taken up on March 10.

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