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Nominations
for the second phase would be filed till January 23, to be followed by
scrutiny on January 24 and withdrawal till January 27, officials said in
Lucknow.
Polling
for second phase of polls covering 59 seats in Sant Kabir Nagar,
Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia and
Ghazipur would be held on February 11.
"More
than 1.92 crore voters, including 1.06 crore male, 86.61 lakh female
and 1,174 others, are expected to cast their votes at 20020 polling
booths at 12,995 polling stations," they said.
The
second phase will seal the fate of many senior leaders, including
speaker Sukhdeo Rajbhar, revenue minister Phagu Chauhan, state
presidents of BSP and BJP, deputy leader of SP Ambika Chaudhary, 31 MLAs
and 24 former ministers.
