12 candidates file nominations for UP Assembly bypolls on Tuesday
Oct 22, 2024
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 22 : Nominations for the UP assembly by-elections are on with a total of 12 nominations submitted on Tuesday for the 9 assembly seats.
Chand Babu from the Azad Samaj Party filed a nomination in the Kundarki assembly by-election in Moradabad, while Shobhavati Verma from SP and Amit Verma from BSP also filed nominations in the Katehari assembly by-election in Ambedkar Nagar.
Additionally, Tej Pratap from SP submitted a nomination for the Karhal seat in Mainpuri on Monday. The total number of candidates who have filed nominations in UP has now reached 13. Nominations will continue to be accepted for the by-elections of the 9 assembly seats in UP until October 25th.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that talks are underway between the SP and Congress regarding seat sharing for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh by-polls to be held on November 13.
The Uttar Pradesh by-polls are slated to be held on nine Assembly seats including Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Karhal, Phulpur, and Katehari. The poll body has announced by-polls for nine of the 10 vacant assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, except Milkipur of Ayodhya district.
The by-polls on 48 constituencies are spread over 15 states - Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
Earlier on October 15, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced by-polls for 48 Assembly constituencies and two Parliamentary seats that will occur in two phases alongside the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections.
Voting for the first phase, covering 47 Assembly constituencies and the Wayanad parliamentary seat in Kerala will take place on November 13. The second phase will occur on November 20 for the Kedarnath Assembly constituency in Uttarakhand and the Nanded parliamentary seat in Maharashtra. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.
