Lucknow, Jan 24: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will issue the notification for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls on Tuesday. A total of 59 assembly segments across 16 districts will be covered in the third phase. State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay Kumar Shukla here on Monday said that notification for the third phase would be issued at 1100 hours. Meanwhile, today scrutiny of nominations would be done for the first phase of polls. Total 58 assembly seats will go to polls in the first phase across 11 districts of western UP. Total 815 candidates have filled their nomination in this phase. Nomination process of the second phase also commenced on January 21 and till now only 10 candidates have submitted their papers. The voting will be held in 7 phases for 403 assembly seats between February 10 and March 7 while the results will be declared on March 10. In the first phase polling to be held on February 10, filing of nominations commenced from January 14 which ended on January 21, scrutiny on January 24 and last date for withdrawal is January 27. In the second phase polling to be held on February 14, filing of nominations commenced from January 21, last date for filing of nominations is January 28, scrutiny on January 29 and last date for withdrawal is January 31. Altogether 55 assembly segments will go to polls in the second phase covering 9 districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha, Sambhal, Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Badaun and Shahjahanpur. In the third phase polling to be held on February 20, filing of nominations will commence from January 25, last date for filing of nominations is February 1, scrutiny on February 2 and candidates can withdrawal their candidature till February 4. A total of 59 assembly segments will go to polls in the third phase in 16 districts which are Kasganj, Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jhansi and Lalitpur. In 2017 elections, BJP swept the polls winning 50 seats of these 59 assembly segments which will go to polls in the third phase while SP could won 7 seats and one each went to BSP and Congress. Already over 120 companies of Central Forces have reached UP to maintain the law and order during the polls. In the fourth phase polling to be held on February 23, filing of nominations will commence from January 27, last date for filing of nominations is February 3, scrutiny on February 4 and last date for withdrawal is February 7. A total of 60 assembly segments of Awadh region will go to polls in this phase covering 9 districts including Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Lucknow, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Fatehpur and Banda. In the fifth phase polling to be held on February 27, filing of nominations will commence from February 1, last date for filing of nominations is February 8, scrutiny on February 9 and last date for withdrawal is February 11. A total of 60 assembly seats will go to polls in the fifth phase covering 11 districts of Shravasti, Bahraich, Barabanki, Gonda, Ayodhya, Amethi, Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Chitrakoot and Prayagraj. In the sixth phase polling to be held on March 3, filing of nominations will commence from February 4, last date for filing of nominations is February 11, scrutiny on February 14 and last date for withdrawal is February 14. In the sixth phase, 57 assembly segments will go to polls in 10 districts of Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar, Gorakhpur, Deoria and Ballia. In the seventh and last phase polling to be held on March 7, filing of nominations will commence from February 10, last date for filing of nomination is February 17, scrutiny on February 18 and last date for withdrawal is February 21. A total of 54 assembly seats will go to polls covering 10 districts of Azamgarh, Mau, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra.
