LokSabha Elections 2024: 2963 Nomination forms filed for 95 PCs across 12 States/UTs for phase 3
1351 candidates to contest elections across 12 States/UTs going for polls in phase 3 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024
LokSabha Elections 2024: 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.
LokSabha Elections 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.
LokSabha Elections 2024: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 |