Election Commission
889 candidates to contest elections across 8 States/UTs going for polls in Phase 6 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024
1978 Nomination forms filed for 57 PCs across 7 States/UTs for Phase 6
Posted On:
18 MAY 2024 3:36PM by PIB Delhi
889 candidates from 8 States/UTs to contest elections in Phase-6 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. This includes 20 contesting candidates for the adjourned poll in 3-Anantnag-Rajouri PC of Jammu and Kashmir.
A total of 1978 nominations were filed for 57 PCs across the 7 States/UTs going for polls in this phase. The last date for filing nominations for phase 6 for all 07 States/UTs (excluding adjourned poll in PC 3- Anantnag-Rajouri of Jammu & Kashmir) was May 06, 2024. After the scrutiny of all nominations filed, 900 nominations were found to be valid. In 3-Anantnag-Rajouri, total 28 nominations were filed in Phase 3 and 21 nominations were found to be valid.
In phase-6, Uttar Pradesh had a maximum of 470 nomination forms from 14 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by Haryana with 370 nominations from 10 PCs. 8-Ranchi Parliamentary Constituency in Jharkhand received the maximum of nominations with 70 forms filed followed by 2-North East Delhi PC in NCT of Delhi with 69 nomination forms. Average number of contesting candidates in a PC for 6th Phase is 15.
State/UT wise details for Phase 6 of General Election to Lok Sabha Election 2024:
|
State/UT
|
Number of
PCs in sixth phase
|
Nomination
forms received
|
Valid
candidates after scrutiny
|
After withdrawal,
final Contesting Candidates
|
|
Bihar
|
8
|
246
|
89
|
86
|
|
Haryana
|
10
|
370
|
239
|
223
|
|
Jammu and Kashmir*
|
1
|
-
|
|
20
|
|
Jharkhand
|
4
|
245
|
96
|
93
|
|
NCT OF Delhi
|
7
|
367
|
166
|
162
|
|
Odisha
|
6
|
130
|
65
|
64
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
14
|
470
|
164
|
162
|
|
West Bengal
|
8
|
150
|
81
|
79
|
|
Total
|
58
|
1978
|
900
|
889
|
*Adjourned Poll in PC 3-Anantnag-Rajouri of Jammu and Kashmir from phase 3 to phase 6
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