Gorakhpur, Feb 11: Voting for the first phase for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017 began at 7 AM on Saturday. Voters queued outside polling booths to cast their votes amid amid high security arrangements. A total of 839 candidates are trying their luck in the 73 seats in the Assembly Elections this time. These 73 constituencies which fall in the western Uttar Pradesh had seen communal disturbances in the recent past. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party has won all three MLC seats from Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Bareilly in UP. The beginning a seven-phase electoral process in Uttar Pradesh started from the western fringe of Uttar Pradesh. The polls in the state, starting today will decide the fate of key parties like the BJP, Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance, and the Bahujan Samaj Party.
The first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017 covers 15 districts of western UP. Out of the 403 Assembly seats, 73 Assembly constituencies in 15 districts of western Uttar Pradesh will elect their legislators today. All the parties have tried and wooed voters since the past few months and are trying to win with thumping majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party hopes to replicate its 2014 success. In 2014, the BJP won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the Union elections.
Here are the all Election dates and phases:
Uttar Pradesh Elections: 1st phase: 73 constituencies, 15 Districts,Election date: 11 February.
2nd phase: 67 assemblies, 11 Districts, Election date: 15 February.
3rd phase: 69 constituencies, 12 districts, Election date: 19 February.
4th phase: 53 constituencies, 12 Districts, Election date: 23 February.
5th phase: 52 constituencies, 11 districts,2 February, 9 February, 11 February, 13 February, 27 February.
6th phase: 49 assembly constituencies, 7 districts, 8 February, 15 February, 16 February, 18 February, 4 March.
7th phase: 40 constituencies, 7 districts, 11 February, 18 February, 20 February, 22 February, 8 march.
List of Uttar Pradesh Polls Seven Phases, Starting from 11 February.
About 40% of the BJP candidates in phase-1 have declared criminal cases against them, the most, followed by the BSP with a close 39 per cent, the Association for Democratic Reforms informed. Moreover, reports state that the SP-Congress alliance has combined 28 per cent candidates with criminal cases.
During the election phase, voters in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh will go to vote between February 11 and March 8. Polls in Uttar Pradesh will be held for 403 seats and will be conducted in seven-phases. The seven phase elections will be held on 11, 15, 19, 23 and 27 February, and 4 and 8 March. Out of the total 403 assembly seats, the Samajwadi Party will field its candidates on 298 seats while the Congress will be contesting the remaining 105 seats.
Here’s the list of 73 Assembly constituencies polling in first phase:
District
Constituency
Constituency No.
Shamli
Kairana
8
Shamli
Thana Bhawan
9
Shamli
Shamli
10
Muzaffarnagar
Budhana
11
Muzaffarnagar
Charthawal
12
Muzaffarnagar
Purqazi (SC)
13
Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffar Nagar
14
Muzaffarnagar
Khatauli
15
Muzaffarnagar
Meerapur
16
Baghpat
Chhaprauli
50
Baghpat
Baraut
51
Baghpat
Baghpat
52
Meerut
Siwalkhas
43
Meerut
Sardhana
44
Meerut
Hastinapur (SC)
45
Meerut
Kithore
46
Meerut
Meerut Cantt.
47
Meerut
Meerut
48
Meerut
Meerut South
49
Ghaziabad
Loni
53
Ghaziabad
Muradnagar
54
Ghaziabad
Sahibabad
55
Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad
56
Ghaziabad
Modi Nagar
57
Gautam Buddha Nagar
Noida
61
Gautam Buddha Nagar
Dadri
62
Gautam Buddha Nagar
Jewar
63
Hapur
Dhaulana
58
Hapur
Hapur (SC)
59
Hapur
Garhmukteshwar
60
Bulandshahar
Sikandrabad
64
Bulandshahar
Bulandshahr
65
Bulandshahar
Syana
66
Bulandshahar
Anupshahr
67
Bulandshahar
Debai
68
Bulandshahar
Shikarpur
69
Bulandshahar
Khurja (SC)
70
Aligarh
Khair (SC)
71
Aligarh
Barauli
72
Aligarh
Atrauli
73
Aligarh
Chharra
74
Aligarh
Koil
75
Aligarh
Aligarh
76
Aligarh
Iglas (SC)
77
Mathura
Chhata
81
Mathura
Mant
82
Mathura
Goverdhan
83
Mathura
Mathura
84
Mathura
Baldev (SC)
85
Hathras
Hathras (SC)
78
Hathras
Sadabad
79
Hathras
Sikandra Rao
80
Agra
Etmadpur
86
Agra
Agra Cantt. (SC)
87
Agra
Agra South
88
Agra
Agra North
89
Agra
Agra Rural (SC)
90
Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
91
Agra
Kheragarh
92
Agra
Fatehabad
93
Agra
Bah
94
Firozabad
Tundla (SC)
95
Firozabad
Jasrana
96
Firozabad
Firozabad
97
Firozabad
Shikohabad
98
Firozabad
Sirsaganj
99
Etah
Aliganj
103
Etah
Etah
104
Etah
Marhara
105
Etah
Jalesar (SC)
106
Kasganj
Kasganj
100
Kasganj
Amanpur
101
Kasganj
Patiyali
102
Earlier in the day, polling was delayed in booth no. 42 in Mathura’s Govardhan, and in booth numbers 119 and 120 in Baghpat as Electronic Voting Machines (EVM)s are not working. Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, with over 14,12,53,172 voters, sends the largest number of Members of Parliament to the Rajya Sabha.