LUCKNOW: The battle for Uttar Pradesh will begin on Thursday  (February 10, 2022) with polling scheduled to take place in 58 assembly seats spread across 11 districts in the western part of the state. The polling will start at 7 am in these constituencies according to the guidelines of the Election Commission to ensure Covid-safe polls. The voting will end at 6 pm.


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The first phase mostly covers the Jat-dominant belt of western UP. Campaigning for the first phase of the UP Assembly Election 2022 ended on Tuesday (February 8) at 6 pm marking the start of a 48-hour-long silence period.


In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Election Commission has imposed a ban on roadshows and physical rallies and as a result, the political parties were forced to campaign using the virtual medium.


2.27 cr voters to cast vote in Phase 1 of UP polls 2022


 


Around 2.27 crore people are eligible to vote in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, but only those with valid identity proof will be allowed to cast their votes. The voting will be held between 7 am and 6 pm and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.


First Phase Polling to be held in 11 districts


 


Shamli


Hapur


Gautam Buddh Nagar


Muzaffarnagar


Meerut


Baghpat


Ghaziabad


Bulandshahr


Aligarh


Mathura


Agra


Full List of Constituencies, key candidates going to Phase 1 of  UP polls


 


Kairana -Key candidates are Nahid Hassan (SP), Mriganka Singh (BJP), Haji Akhlaq (Congress) Rajendra Singh Upadhyay (BSP)


Thana Bhawan —Key candidates are Ashraf Ali (RLD), Suresh Rana (BJP),Satya Sayyam Saini (Congress), Zaheer Malik (BSP)


Shamli —Key candidates are Prasanna Chaudhary (RLD), Tejendra Singh Nirwal (BJP), Mohd Ayub Jang (Congress) Brijendra Malik (BSP)


Budhana —Key candidates are Rajpal Baliyan (RLD), Umesh Malik (BJP), Devendra Kashyap (Congress), Haji Mohd Anish (BSP)


Charthawal—Key candidates are Pankaj Kr Malik (SP), Sapna Kashyap (BJP), Dr. Yasmeen Rana (Congress), Salman Saeed (BSP)


Purqazi (SC)—Key candidates are Anil Kumar (RLD), Pramod Utwal (BJP), Deepak Kumar (Congress), Surendra Pal Singh (BSP)


Muzaffarnagar -Key candidates are Sourabh (RLD), Kapil Dev Aggarwal (BJP), Subodh Sharma (Congress), Pushpankar Pal (BSP)


Khatauli—Key candidates are Rajpal Singh Saini (RLD), Vikram Saini (BJP), Gaurav Bhati (Congress), Kartar Singh Bhadana (BSP)


Meerapu


Siwalkhas


Sardhana


Hastinapur (SC)


Kithore


Meerut Cantt.


Meerut


Meerut South


Chhaprauli


Baraut


Baghpat - Key candidates are Yogesh Dhama (BJP), Ahmad Hameed (SP-RLD) Anil Dev Tyagi (Congress)


Loni


Muradnagar


Sahibabad


Ghaziabad


Modi Nagar


Dhaulana


Hapur (SC


Garhmukteshwar


Noida -Key candidates are Pankaj Singh (BJP), Sunil Choudhary(SP), Pankhuri Pathak (Congress), and Pankaj Awana (AAP)


Dadri


Jewar


Sikandrabad


Bulandshahr


Syana


Anupshahr


Debai


Shikarpur


Khurja (SC


Khair (SC


Barauli


Atrauli


Chharra


Koil


Aligarh


Iglas (SC


Chhata


Mant


Goverdhan


Mathura - Key candidates are Shrikant Sharma (BJP), Devendra Agarwal (SP), Pradeep Mathur (Congress)


Baldev (SC


Etmadpur


Agra Cantt. (SC


Agra South


Agra North


Agra Rural (SC


Fatehpur Sikri


Kheragarh


Fatehabad


Bah


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