Lucknow, April 13: The Samajwadi Party on Thursday announced the name of Vandana Bajpai as the party's mayoral candidate from Kanpur and changed its candidate for Jhansi. Elaborate Security Arrangements in Place for Urban Local Body Elections in UP.

Vandana Bajpai is the wife of SP MLA from Kanpur, Amitabh Bajpai. The party has also announced former MLA Satish Jataria as its mayoral candidate from Jhansi, cancelling the candidature of Raghuveer Chaudhury, according to a press statement issued by SP leader Naresh Uttam Patel.

Earlier on Wednesday that party announced the name of Vandana Mishra as its mayoral candidate from Lucknow while Kajal Nishad and Ajay Srivastava have been fielded from Gorakhpur and Prayagraj, respectively. Uttar Pradesh Nikay Chunav 2023: UP Urban Local Body Polls to Be Held on May 4, 11.

The Akhilesh Yadav-led party has fielded Seema Pradhan from Meerut, Archana Verma from Shahjahanpur, Mashrur Fatima from Firozabad and Ashish Pandey from Ayodhya. The urban local body polls are scheduled on May 4 and May 11. The counting of votes will take place on May 13.