NEW DELHI: Voting for 59 assembly constituencies spread in nine districts of Uttar Pradesh will take place on Wednesday in the fourth phase of the polls. The polling began at 7 am will continue till 6 pm. The high-decibel campaigning for this phase ended on Monday as sparring among political rivals intensified during the last-minute canvassing.


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The fourth phase of polling on February 23 will decide the fate of 624 candidates in 59 Assembly segments in the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda and Fatehpur.


Of the 59 seats, the BJP had won 51 in the 2017 Assembly elections, four had gone to the Samajwadi Party, and three to the Bahujan Samaj Party. The BJP's ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) had bagged one seat.


Lakhimpur, which had hogged national news headlines after eight people, including four farmers, were killed in violence on October 3 will go to the polls in the fourth phase.


Among the prominent candidates in this phase is Uttar Pradesh Law Minister Brijesh Pathak who is facing Samajwadi party candidate and two-time corporator Surendra Singh Gandhi in the Lucknow Cantonment seat. Pathak had won the Lucknow Central seat in 2017.


Another minister Ashutosh Tandon is in the fray from the Lucknow East seat and is being challenged by SP's national spokesperson Anurag Bhadauria.


The Sarojini Nagar Assembly segment will witness a battle between former ED officer Rajeshwar Singh fielded by the BJP and Abhishek Mishra who had been a minister in the Samajwadi Party government. Deputy Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Nitin Agarwal, who had crossed over to the BJP from the Samajwadi Party, will face the electoral test in this phase.


Rae Bareli considered a Congress bastion will also go to the polls in this phase, with BJP's Aditi Singh in the fray from Rae Bareli. She was earlier with the Congress.


Here's the complete list of constituencies going into polls today -


1. Pilibhit


2. Barkhera


3. Bisalpur


4. Puranpur


5. Palia


6. Gola Gokrannath


7. Sri Nagar


8. Nighasan


9. Dhaurahra


10. Lakhimpur


11. Kasta


12. Maholi


13. Sitapur


14. Mohammadi


15. Hargaon


16. Laharpur


17. Sevata


18. Biswan


19. Mahmoodabad


20. Sidhauli


21. Sawaijpur


22. Shahabad


23. Misrikh


24. Gopamau


25. Sandi


26. Bilgram-Mallanwan


27. Balamau


28. Sandila


29. Bangermau


30. Safipur


31. Mohan


32. Unnao


33. Bhagwantnagar


34. Malihabad


35. Bakshi Kaa Talab


36. Purwa


37. Sarojini Nagar


38. Lucknow West


39. Lucknow North


40. Lucknow East


41. Lucknow Central


42. Lucknow Cantt.


43. Mohanlalganj


44. Bachhrawan


45. Harchandpur


46. Rae Bareli


47. Sareni


48. Unchahar


49. Tindwari


50. Baberu


51. Banda


52. Jahanabad


53. Bindki


54. Naraini


55. Fatehpur


56. Ayah Shah


57. Husainganj


58. Khaga


59. Hardoi


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