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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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