UP Assembly elections: From Akhilesh Yadav to Asim Arun, check key candidates in Phase 3
Zee News
As many as 627 candidates are in the fray in the third phase.
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh will on Sunday (February 20, 2022) vote in the third phase of the ongoing Assembly elections in the state. The polling will begin at 7 AM in 59 constituencies spread across 16 districts and will continue till 6 PM.
Over 2.15 crore voters will decide the fate of as many as 627 candidates in the fray in this phase.
The districts where votes will be cast are Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba.
In the 2017 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 49 of these 59 seats while the Samajwadi Party (SP) had bagged nine. Congress had settled with one seat and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was unable to open its account.
Akhilesh Yadav
