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New Delhi : Altogether 1,40,76,635 electors are on the Final Electoral Roll of eight constituencies in Uttar Pradesh which will go to the polls in second phase of the General Elections- 2019 on April 18. The constituencies are – Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri. As many as 85 candidates are in fray for these eight Lok Sabha seats in UP in phase –II. A total of 125 candidates had finally contested for these seats in previous General Election – 2014.
As per the data sourced from CEO (Uttar Pradesh) website on April 16, 2019, there are a total of 1,40,76,635 electors in second phase including 75,83,431 men and 64,92,326 women electors. Of these eight seats, Agra is the largest parliamentary constituency with 19,04,706 electors while Nagina is the smallest one with 15,74,994 electors.
The data sourced from ECI website shows that in the General Elections -2014, there were a total of 1,34,03,734 electors in these eight Parliamentary Constituencies. This means an increase of 6,72,901 (5.09 %) electors since last General Elections, according to a PIB release.
In this General Election the number of independent candidates has come down on these eight seats. While 40 independent candidates had contested in previous General Election -2014, this year only 26 Independent candidates are in the fray for these seats.
The State of Uttar Pradesh has a total of 14,40,61,892 electors (Overseas Indian electors and service electors are in addition to these) in its all 80 Lok Sabha constituencies. The State is going through seven phase polling in the current General Elections -2019. In the first phase, voting for the eight Lok Sabha seats has already taken place on April 11, 2019, and voting for phase-II is scheduled for April 18, 2019.