LIVE! Voters to decide Maneka, 149 UP candidates fate tomorrow

April 16, 2014 18:45

Eleven Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh will go to polls tomorrow as over 1.85 crore electorates will choose their representatives from 150 candidates, including Maneka Gandhi, Santosh Gangwar, Saleem Sherwani and Begum Noor Bano.

"In this second phase polling will be held in Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Amroha, Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Nagina, Aonla and Kheri," said Umesh Sinha, Chief Electoral Officer.

Of the 11 seats going to polls, four were held by SP, three by Congress and two by BJP during the last Lok Sabha polls in 2009.

"More than 1.85 crore electorates will decide the fate of 150 candidates, including stalwarts like former cabinet ministers Maneka Gandhi, Santosh Gangwar and Saleem Sherwani, Dharmendra Yadav, Begum Noor Bano," the officer said. BJP leader Maneka Gandhi, who had won from Aonla seat last time, is contesting from her stronghold Pilibhit.

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