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