New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh on Monday (February 14, 2022) morning started voting for 55 Assembly seats spread across nine districts of the state.
This is the second phase of the seven-phase Assembly elections in the state.
As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in this phase with the seats spread across Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur.
UP Assembly 2022 polls: Key faces contesting in phase 2 on Feb 14
Suresh Kumar Khanna:
Contesting Constituency: Shahjahanpur
Party: Bhartiya Janata Party
Current Cabinet Minister for Finance, Parliamentary Affairs, Medical Education
Gulab Devi:
Contesting Constituency: Chandausi
Party: Bhartiya Janata Party
Current State minister for Secondary Education.
Baldev Singh Aulakh:
Contesting Constituency: Bilaspur
Party: Bhartiya Janata Party
Current State Minister for Jal Shakti.
Mahesh Chandra Gupta:
Contesting Constituency: Badaun
Party: Bhartiya Janata Party
Current State Minister for Urban Development, Overall Urban Development, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation.
Chhatrapal Gangwar:
Contesting Constituency: Baheri
Party: BJP
Current Minister of State for Revenue.
Haider Ali Khan:
Contesting Constituency: Suar
Party: Apna Dal (S)
Dharam Singh Saini:
Contesting Constituency: Nakur
Party: Samajwadi Party
Azam Khan:
Contesting Constituency: Rampur
Party: Samajwadi Party
Abdullah Azam Khan:
Contesting Constituency: Suar
Party: Samajwadi Party
Dharmpal Singh:
Contesting Constituency: Aonla
Party: Bhartiya Janata Party
Kartik Rana:
Contesting Constituency: Deoband
Party: Samajwadi Party
Swami Omvesh:
Contesting Constituency: Chandpur
Party: Samajwadi Party
Munshi Rampal:
Contesting Constituency: Nehtaur
Party: Rashtriya Lok Dal
Kamal Akhtar:
Contesting Constituency: Kanth
Party: Samajwadi Party
Ziaur Rehman Barq:
Contesting Constituency: Kundarki
Party: Samajwadi Party
Mehboob Ali:
Contesting Constituency: Amroha
Party: Samajwadi Party
Bhagwat Saran Gangwar:
Contesting Constituency: Nawabganj
Party: Samajwadi Party
Earlier in 2017, of the 55 seats going to polls in this phase, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had bagged 38, while the Samajwadi Party (SP) had won 13 and the Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) could only get two each.
