<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, the process of filing nominations for the Third and the Fourth Phase of assembly elections is underway. A total of 226 candidates have filed their nominations for the Third Phase till date. 128 nominations were filed yesterday.<br />''<br />''The last date for filing the nomination for this Phase is 1st February. Fifty-nine Assembly Constituencies of 16 districts which mostly fall in the central region of state will go to polls in the third Phase on 20th February.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, a total of 68 candidates have filed their nominations for the Fourth Phase. 33 nominations were filed yesterday. The last date for filing the nomination for this Phase is  3rd February. Polling will be held on 59 Assembly constituencies of nine districts on 23rd February in this phase.<br />''<br />''After Scrutiny of the nominations for the Second Phase of the polling on 14th of February only 648 nominations were found valid. A total of 793 candidates had filed the nomination papers, 145 of them were rejected. The last date of withdrawal of the candidature is 31st January.<br />''<br />''In the second phase, the polling will be held in 55 assembly constituencies spread across nine districts – Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha, Sambhal, Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Badaun and Shahjahanpur.</span><br />