Election Commission
1717 candidates to contest elections across 10 States/UTs going for polls in phase 4 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024
4264 Nomination forms filed for 96 PCs across 10 States/UTs for phase 4
Posted On:
03 MAY 2024 1:27PM by PIB Delhi
1717 candidates from 10 States /UTs to contest elections in phase 4 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. A total of 4264 nominations were filed for 96 PCs across 10 States /UTs going for polls in phase 4 for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The last date for filing nominations for phase 4 for all 10 States/UTs was April 25, 2024. After the scrutiny of all nominations filed, 1970 nominations were found to be valid.
In phase 4, Telangana had a maximum of 1488 nomination forms from 17 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 1103 nominations from 25 PCs. 7-Malkajgiri Parliamentary Constituency in Telangana received a maximum of 177 nomination forms followed by 13-Nalgonda and 14-Bhongir in the same State with 114 nomination forms in each. Average number of contesting candidates in a PC for 4th Phase is 18.
State/UT wise details for Phase 4 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024:
|
State/UT
|
Number of PCs in fourth phase
|
Nomination forms received
|
Valid candidates after scrutiny
|
After withdrawal, final Contesting Candidates
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
25
|
1103
|
503
|
454
|
|
Bihar
|
5
|
145
|
56
|
55
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1
|
39
|
29
|
24
|
|
Jharkhand
|
4
|
144
|
47
|
45
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
8
|
154
|
90
|
74
|
|
Maharashtra
|
11
|
618
|
369
|
298
|
|
Odisha
|
4
|
75
|
38
|
37
|
|
Telangana
|
17
|
1488
|
625
|
525
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
13
|
360
|
138
|
130
|
|
West Bengal
|
8
|
138
|
75
|
75
|
|
Total
|
96
|
4264
|
1970
|
1717
|
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