Election Commission
1351 candidates to contest elections across 12 States/UTs going for polls in phase 3 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024
2963 Nomination forms filed for 95 PCs across 12 States/UTs for phase 3 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024
Posted On:
23 APR 2024 6:22PM by PIB Delhi
1351 candidates from 12 States /UTs to contest elections in phase 3 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. This includes 8 contesting candidates for the adjourned poll in 29-Betul (ST) PC of Madhya Pradesh. Additionally, one candidate from Surat PC in Gujarat has been elected unopposed. The last date for withdrawal of candidature for all 12 States/UTs was April 22, 2024.
A total of 2963 nominations were filed for 95 PCs (including 29-Betul) across 12 States/UTs going for polls in phase 3 for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The last date for filing nominations for phase 3 for all 12 States/UTs was April 19, 2024. After the scrutiny of all nominations filed, 1563 nominations were found to be valid.
In phase 3, Gujarat had a maximum of 658 nomination forms from 26 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by Maharashtra with 519 nominations from 11 PCs. 40-Osmanabad Parliamentary Constituency in Maharashtra received a maximum of 77 nomination forms followed by 5-Bilaspur PC in Chhattisgarh with 68 nomination forms.
State/UT wise details for Phase 3 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024:
|
State/UT
|
Number of PCs in third phase
|
Nomination forms received
|
Valid candidates after scrutiny
|
After withdrawal, final Contesting
Candidates
|
|
Assam
|
4
|
126
|
52
|
47
|
|
Bihar
|
5
|
141
|
54
|
54
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
7
|
319
|
187
|
168
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and
Daman and Diu
|
2
|
28
|
13
|
12
|
|
Goa
|
2
|
33
|
16
|
16
|
|
Gujarat
|
26
|
658
|
328
|
266
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1
|
28
|
21
|
20
|
|
Karnataka
|
14
|
503
|
272
|
227
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
9
|
236
|
140
|
127
|
|
Maharashtra
|
11
|
519
|
317
|
258
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
10
|
271
|
104
|
100
|
|
West Bengal
|
4
|
101
|
59
|
57
|
|
Total
|
95
|
2963
|
1563
|
1352
|
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