UP Assembly polls: Congress releases fourth list of 61 candidates, 24 women given ticket

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): The Congress party on Sunday released its fourth list of 61 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections scheduled to be held next month.

Of the 61 assembly seats, 24 seats have been given to women which is almost 39 per cent of the total seats in the fourth list.

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The first list of 125 candidates included 50 women candidates, the second list of 41 candidates included 16 women candidates and the third list of 89 candidates included 37 women candidates.

The party has so far announced its candidates on 316 seats out of which 127 seats are given to women candidates, which falls in line with the party's commitment of giving 40 per cent seats to the women candidates in the upcoming assembly polls.
 

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