UP Assembly election: Poll bugle sounded as nomination process gets rolling

First phase on Feb 11 to have 73 constituencies going to polls across 15 districts in western UP

The process of filing nomination papers for the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh (UP) for the 2017 assembly elections started on Tuesday.

This formally set in motion the long-haul election process in UP, wherein over 140 million electorates would be eligible to cast their vote during the seven phase polling between February 11 and March 8, 2017.

On the inaugural day of filing nominations, only one nomination was filed in Mathura district.

The first phase of voting on February 11 would witness 73 assembly constituencies going to polls spanning 15 districts in western UP, including Agra, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut, Etah,