UP Assembly polls: Of 584 candidates in fray in phase 2, 12 are 'illiterate', 114 educated till Class 8

Voting is scheduled for February 14 on 55 assembly seats spanning nine districts in western Uttar Pradesh.

Noida: Among the candidates in the fray in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections' second phase, 114 are educated up to Class 8 while 12 have declared themselves to be "illiterate", according to an analysis report.

There are also 102 'post graduate' candidates and six with PhD in the fray, stated the report by polls reforms advocacy groups Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Voting is scheduled for February 14 on 55 assembly seats spanning nine districts of Amroha, Bareilly, Bijnor, Budaun, Moradabad, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sambhal and Shahjahanpur in western Uttar Pradesh.