NEW DELHI:The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday announced its candidates for six of the ten assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, where bypolls are set to take place later this year. This announcement came just a day after the results of the assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir were declared. The party has nominated Tej Pratap Yadav to contest from Karhal, the assembly seat vacated by Akhilesh Yadav after his election as an MP from Kannauj.
By-elections are scheduled later this year for 10 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, including Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar), Karhal (Mainpuri), Milkipur (Ayodhya), Meerapur (Muzaffarnagar), Ghaziabad, Majhawan (Mirzapur), Sisamau (Kanpur city), Khair (Aligarh), Phulpur (Prayagraj), and Kundarki (Moradabad). Nine of these seats, excluding Sisamau, became vacant after their MLAs were elected to the Lok Sabha. Ajit Prasad from Milkipur (Ayodhya): For the Milkipur seat, which was vacated by sitting Ayodhya MP Awadesh Prasad, the party has chosen his son, Ajit Prasad, as their candidate.
Mustafa Siddiqui from Phulpur (Prayagraj): The party has nominated Mustufa Siddiqui as their candidate from Phulpur, a seat that was previously thought to be reserved for the Congress, an INDIA bloc partner. Naseem Solanki from Sisamau: The bypoll in Sisamau is being held after MLA Irfan Solanki's disqualification after his conviction in a criminal case. SP has nominated MLA Irfan Solanki’s wife Naseem from this seat.
Additionally, the party has fielded Shobh.
