The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday announced two more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The announcement comes a day after Nishad Party severed ties with the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party led 'gathbandhan' in Uttar Pradesh.

Last week, the SP had announced that party chief Akhilesh Yadav will contest from Azamgarh - the parliamentary constituency of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav - while senior SP leader Azam Khan will contest elections from Rampur constituency.

There are 80 Lok Sabha seats at stake in Uttar Pradesh, out of which SP will contest on 37 seats, BSP on 38 and RLD on 3 seats.

Polling in Uttar Pradesh will take place in all seven phases of polling, starting April 11. Counting of votes will take place on May 23.

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