New Delhi, February 19: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced candidates for the Lok Sabha by-elections for three seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and for one assembly by-election from Bihar. The by-elections are scheduled to be held on March 11 and the results for the same will be announced on March 14. Polling will be held for Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh and Araira in Bihar.

As per reports, BJP has fielded former mayor of Varanasi, Kaushlendra Singh Patel as its candidate from Phulpur while Upendra Shukla would contest from Gorakhpur. The Gorakhpur seat was represented by Yogi Adityanath but fell vacant when he became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

The party picked former MP Pradip Kumar Singh as its candidate for the Araria Lok Sabha by-election. In the Legislative Assembly Constituency of Bihar- Bhabua, the BJP has fielded Rinki Pandey. On the other hand, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has fielded Sarfaraz Alam, son of the late MP Mohammad Taslimuddin, for the seat.

Lok Sabha By-Elections 2018 Schedule for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar:

S.No State Election Parliamentary Constituency Parliamentary Constituency No Date of Poll Result
1 Bihar Araria 9 March 11, 2018 March 14, 2018
2 Uttar Pradesh Phulpur 51 March 11, 2018 March 14, 2018
Gorakhpur 64 March 11, 2018 March 14, 2018

 It must be noted that the Samajwadi Party and Congress have already announced their candidates for the two seats of Uttar Pradesh. The SP is contesting the Gorakhpur by-election in alliance with Peace Party and Nishad Party. It has fielded Praveen Kumar Nishad as their candidate- the son of Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad. In Phulpur, the SP has fielded Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel. Meanwhile, earlier the Congress had announced Manish Mishra as its candidate from Phulpur, while Surhita Chatterjee Karim will contest from Gorakhpur

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