Assembly polls: What's at stake in west Uttar Pradesh

Here are some facts about west UP where 73 constituencies are going on polls

Bs_logoAbhishek Waghmare
Polling underway in Aligarh
BS Web Team New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 11 2017 | 1:54 PM IST
73 constituencies spread over 15 districts of western UP.

Important constituencies 
 
Mathura, Agra, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut (City), Sardhana, Shamli, Noida, Baghpat, Hathras, Mathura, Bhatta Parsaul, Kairana, 

The Electorate

Total of 2.60 crore voters 

1.17 crore women 

1,508 belonging to third gender category 

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26,823 polling stations 

839 candidates.

Who to watch out for

Pankaj Singh (Noida seat), son of Home Minister Rajnath Singh, 

Congress Legislature Party leader Pradeep Mathur (Mathura) vs BJP spokesman Srikant Sharma  

Mriganka Singh (Kairana), daughter of BJP MP Hukum Singh 

BJP MLAs Sangeet Som (Sardhana) and Suresh Rana (Thanabhawan)

Former BJP state president Lakshmikant Bajpai (Meerut) 

RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son-in-law Rahul Singh (SP) from Sikandarabad 

Sandeep Singh, grandson of Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh from Atrauli 

History

In 2012 polls, result stood like this:

SP 24

BSP 24

BJP 11

Rashtriya Lok Dal 9

Congress 5