UP Election 2022: Samajwadi Party, RLD release first list of candidates

Highlights

The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance released the first list of candidates
Of the 29 candidates announced, Babita Devi of the RLD is the lone woman nominee
All these seats fall in western UP and will go to polls in the first phase on February 10

SP, RLD first list of candidates: The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance released the first list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022.

While Samajwadi Party candidate Nahid Ahmed will contest from Kairana, RLD's Prasann Chaudhary has been fielded from Shamli. From Meerut, Ahmed Hamid will contest on RLD ticket. Amarpal Sharma will be SP's candidate from Sahibabad and Zafar Alam will contest from Aligarh constituency.

Of the 29 candidates announced Thursday, Babita Devi of the RLD is the lone woman nominee who will be putting up the electoral fight from Baldev assembly constituency. Of the seats, Agra Rural, Agra Cantt, Baldev, Khair, Purqazi and Hapur are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.

All these seats fall in western region of Uttar Pradesh and will go to polls in the first phase on February 10. The election results will be announced on March 10.

Samajwadi Party-RLD Full list of candidates:

Constituency Candidate/Party

Kairana Nahid Ahmed (SP)

Shamli Prasann Chaudhary (RLD)

Charthawal Pankaj Malik (SP)

Purkaji Anil Kumar (RLD)

Khatauli Rajpal Singh Saini (RLD)

Nahtaur Munshi Ram (RLD)

Kithaur Shahid Manzur (SP)

Meerut Rafiq Ansari (SP)

Baghpat Ahmed Hamid (RLD)

Loni Madan Bhaiya (RLD)