Swami Prasad Maurya from Padrauna (Kushinagar), former BJP state president Surya Pratap Shahi from Pathardeva (Deoria), Shyam Bahadur Yadav (SP), son of former Governor Ram Naresh Yadav from Fulpur Pawai (Azamgarh), SP turncoats Ambika Chowhdury and Narad Rai, who are contesting on BSP ticket from Fefna (Ballia) and Ballia Sadar.
Swami Prasad Maurya from Padrauna (Kushinagar), former BJP state president Surya Pratap Shahi from Pathardeva (Deoria), Shyam Bahadur Yadav (SP), son of former Governor Ram Naresh Yadav from Fulpur Pawai (Azamgarh), SP turncoats Ambika Chowhdury and Narad Rai, who are contesting on BSP ticket from Fefna (Ballia) and Ballia Sadar.
While gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is contesting from Mau, his son Abbas is in the fray from adjoining Ghosi seat.
In the 2012 Assembly polls, of the 49 seats, 27 were won by SP, 9 by BSP, 7 by BJP, 4 by Congress and 2 by others.
A total of 17,926 polling booths and 10,820 polling centres have been set up in the sixth phase.
The highest number of 23 candidates are contesting from Gorakhpur and the least (seven) are from Mohammadabad Gohna seat in Mau district.
The Central paramilitary forces assisted the local police in ensuring free and fair polls and carried out flag march in sensitive areas.
The Indo-Nepal border with Maharajganj and Gorakhpur, and that with Bihar were sealed to prevent mischief makers from sneaking into the Indian territory or escaping.
Police patrolling was intensified along inter-district borders and barriers were erected on highways to keep an eye on movement of vehicles.
Possible trouble from Maoists and the porous Indo-Nepal border were the two biggest challenges before the police in Maharajganj.
"The 84-km-long Indo-Nepal border was sealed by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and only emergency vehicles were allowed to cross the border," District Electoral Officer Virendra Kumar Singh said.
Cameras were installed on trade and transit points along India's border with Nepal to prevent illegal movement of people during polling.
Singh said two such cameras have already been set up at Sonauli in Maharajganj district on the India-Nepal border.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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