In Uttar Pradesh, the nomination process for the first phase of assembly polls ended today. A total of 815 candidates have filed the nomination papers. Four hundred twenty six candidates filed the nomination on the last day. Also, 10 candidates filed the nomination papers for the second phase of the elections which began today.<br />''<br />''  In the first phase, polling will be held on 10th of February  in 58 assembly constituencies of 11 districts. These districts are Shamli, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Bagpat, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahar, Mathura, Agra and Aligarh.<br />''  The Election Commission has provided the facility of filing nominations online due to rise in Covid19 cases in the state. This facilitated the candidates to a great extent.<br />''<br />''  Some of the well-known candidates in the first phase are former Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya from Agra Rural assembly constituency, cabinet minister in the current government Shrikant Sharma from Mathura, BJP candidate Sangeet Som from Sardhana Meerut and former cabinet minister in Samajwadi Party government Shahid Manzoor from Kithaur in Meerut who is going to polls again on the party's ticket.<br />''  Moreover, the Bharatiya Janata Party's national president JP Nadda launched the party's door to door campaign in Agra today where the polling will be held in the first phase. He also held a meeting with party office bearers of 40 assembly constituencies of Braj region.<br />''  <br />''In another event in Lucknow, BJP launched the party's election song 'UP Fir Mange Bhajpa Sarkar' in the presence of Union Minister and party leader Anurag Singh Thakur and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">        <br />''Besides, the Aam Aadmi Party released its third list of 33 candidates today. The party also announced its 15 star campaigners for UP elections including the party's national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and the party's CM candidate for Punjab Bhagwant Maan</span><br />