Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said that in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, voting will be held for 13 seats on May 13. Election campaigning in these Lok Sabha constituencies will stop from 6 pm on Saturday.
After the end of the campaign period, there will be a ban on the presence of outside workers and officials of all political parties in these constituencies. A total of 130 candidates are in the fray in all these Lok Sabha constituencies. There are 10 candidates in the fray for the by-election of Dadraul assembly seat of Shahjahanpur.
The Chief Electoral Officer said that after the election campaign is over, the District Election Officers of these constituencies will ensure that all outside officials and workers of political parties are not present in the constituency.
He said that there is a ban on carrying mobile phones, smart phones, wireless sets etc. inside the polling booth on the day of voting. Shahjahanpur (SC), Kheri, Dhaurahara, Sitapur, Hardoi (SC), Misrikh (SC), Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah (SC), Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Bahraich (SC) Lok Sabha seats come in the fourth phase. Of these, eight seats are reserved for general category and five for Scheduled Caste.