In Uttar Pradesh, ?notification was issued today for the last and seventh phase poll for 40 assembly seats of Varanasi, Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Jaunpur, Chandauli and other eastern districts. Campaigning for the 73 assembly seats of ?15 western districts going to polls in the first phase of elections? reached its crescendo on the last day today. Polling will be held this Saturday?.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that the first phase will be a litmus test for the BJP and the BSP as well as of the SP-Congress alliance. There are 836 candidates in the fray in the first phase of polling in which around 20 per cent have criminal cases ?against them ?and 36 per cent are crorepatis?.<br/><br/>Campaigning in the first phase has been electrifying, ?as all the senior leaders of all political parties le?ft no stone unturned to attract the voters. The ?important ?seats in the first phase ?are Noida?, ?Atrauli in Aligarh?, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, ? ?Mathura and Meerut among others.