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.
New 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 Parliamentary Constituency (PC) of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to officials of Election Commission of India, a total of 1978 nominations were filed for 57 parliamentary constituencies (PCs) across the 7 States/UTs going for polls in this phase. The last date for filing nominations for phase 6 for all 7 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” he added.
