UP Elections 2022 | Among the 2nd phase candidates, 12 are 'illiterate', 108 graduates and 5 PhDs

Among the candidates in the fray in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections' second phase, 193 or 33% candidates have declared their educational qualifications to be between 5th and 12th standard while 305 or 52% candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above, according to an analysis report

There are also 102 'post graduate' candidates and six with Ph.D, stated the report by polls reforms advocacy groups Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

The report is based on the analysis of self-sworn affidavits of 584 candidates out of 586 who are contesting the second phase elections, it stated.

Affidavits of two candidates could not be analysed because they were either badly scanned or incomplete,the report said.

Voting is scheduled for February 14 on 55 assembly seats spanning nine districts of Amroha, Bareilly, Bijnor, Budaun, Moradabad, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sambhal and Shahjahanpur in western Uttar Pradesh.

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According to the analysis, 12 candidates are 'illiterate', 67 'literate', 12 have passed Class 5 and 35 have passed Class 8 while 58 have cleared Class 10 and 88 have cleared Class 12.

There are 108 'graduate' candidates, 89 'graduate professionals', 102 'post graduate', six 'doctorate', five 'diploma' holders in the fray while two contestants have not presented their education details, it noted.

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