Election Commission
695 candidates to contest elections across 8 States/UTs going for polls in Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024
1586 Nomination forms filed for 49 PCs across 8 States/UTs for Phase 5
Posted On:
08 MAY 2024 2:46PM by PIB Delhi
695 candidates from 8 States /UTs to contest elections in Phase-5 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. A total of 1586 nominations were filed for 49 PCs across 8 States /UTs going for polls in Phase- 5 for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The last date for filing nominations for phase 5 for all 8 States/UTs was May 3, 2024. After the scrutiny of all nominations filed, 749 nominations were found to be valid.
In Phase-5, Maharashtra had a maximum of 512 nomination forms from 13 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 466 nominations from 14 PCs. 4-Chatra Parliamentary Constituency in Jharkhand received a maximum of 69 nomination forms followed by 35-Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh with 67 nomination forms. Average number of contesting candidates in a PC for 5th Phase is 14.
State/UT wise details for Phase 5 of General Election to Lok Sabha Election 2024:
|
State/UT
|
Number of PCs in fifth
phase
|
Nomination
forms
received
|
Valid candidates after
scrutiny
|
After withdrawal, final Contesting
Candidates
|
|
Bihar
|
5
|
164
|
82
|
80
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1
|
38
|
23
|
22
|
|
Jharkhand
|
3
|
148
|
57
|
54
|
|
Ladakh
|
1
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
|
Maharashtra
|
13
|
512
|
301
|
264
|
|
Odisha
|
5
|
87
|
41
|
40
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
14
|
466
|
147
|
144
|
|
West Bengal
|
7
|
163
|
93
|
88
|
|
Total
|
49
|
1586
|
749
|
695
|
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