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UP: 63 candidates in fray for 5 Legislative Council seats

Voting will take place on 30 January, from 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon.

Statesman News Service | Lucknow | January 16, 2023 8:53 pm

UP: 63 candidates in fray for 5 Legislative Council seats

Altogether 63 candidates are in the fray for the biennial polls to 3 graduate and 2 teachers constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh legislative Council, where polling will take place on 30 January.

 According to the Election Commission of India, 75 candidates filed their nominations for the 5 seats and 7 papers were rejected during scrutiny and 5 others have withdrawn their nominations.

Highest number of 24 candidates are in the fray for the Gorakhpur-Faizabad graduate constituency, while Kanpur, Bareilly-Moradabad graduate and Allahabad-Jhansi teachers seats have 10 candidates each. Kanpur teachers seat have 9 candidates in the fray.

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Voting will take place on 30 January, from 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. The counting will be conducted on all the seats on February 2.

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