Lucknow, March 19 -- Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh Navdeep Rinwa on Tuesday said that with the announcement of the dates of Lok Sabha elections by the Election Commission of India the election process in the state will begin from Wednesday.

Talking to the reporters, the CEO said in the first phase of the Lok Sabha General Election, a notification will be issued for 8 Lok Sabha constituencies on Wednesday. "With this, the process of nomination will start in these constituencies. Nominations can be made between 11 AM to 3 PM," he said.

He said 8 Lok Sabha constituencies to be covered in the first phase, include Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit. "Out of 8 Lok Sabha seats in the fi...