With this, the total number of candidates in fray for the third phase of elections from UP have reached 90, UP Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha told reporters here.
Prominent among those who filed their papers today were Union Minister Salman Khurshid from Farukhabad, Bollywood actress Hema Malini from Mathura, SP supremo Mulayama Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law and UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav from Kannauj and daughter of opposition leader in the state assembly Swami Prasad Maurya, Sanghamitra Maurya of BSP from Manipuri.
The CEO also said that 15 candidates filed their nominations for the fourth phase of elections for which the figure had reached 20 till now.