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Uttar Pradesh Elections to Be Held in Feb 2012

The suspense over the poll schedule for five state assemblies is likely to get over on Friday, with elections in UP being clubbed with those in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, highly placed sources said on Wednesday, election Commission is likely to announce a detailed poll programme including more than five-phase election for the high stakes Uttar Pradesh that is likely to begin in February. Except UP, other states which will be in the fray are likely to have a single phase poll.

Sources in UP CEO’s office also indicated that poll in the state would begin in February. “All political parties of Uttar Pradesh are agreeable to poll beginning in February. It is likely to be a long election in UP with enough gaps between the phases so that examination schedule does not get disturbed,” a source said.