Notification for last phase of UP Assembly polls issued

LUCKNOW: Notification for the seventh and last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election was issued today with which nominations process also started.

The seventh phase would decide the fate of Muslim face of Samajwadi Party Mohd Azam Khan from Rampur and Saurabh Singh, son of BSP MP and coordintaor Jugul Kishore from Kasta.

Polling for seventh phase of elections covering 60 seats spread over Bijnore, Moradabad, Bhimnagar, Rampur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Badaun, Bareilly. Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Lakhimpur Kheri, would be held on March 3.

"More than 1.80 crore voters are expected to cast their votes at 17,640 polling booths at 12,907 polling stations where 19,404 electronic voting machines would be used," Election Commission officers said.