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A total of 1210 candidates to contest in Phase II of LS Elections


A total of 1206 candidates from 12 States and Union territories along with four candidates from Outer Manipur will contest elections in phase two of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. A total of 2633 nominations were filed for 88 Parliament Constituencies.

The last date for filing nominations for the second phase was April 4. After the scrutiny of 2633 nominations filed, 1428 nominations were found to be valid. The last date for withdrawal of candidature was April 8.

Read in Hindi: लोकसभा चुनाव के दूसरे चरण में 1210 उम्मीदवार लड़ेंगे चुनाव

In the second phase, Kerala has a maximum of 500 nominations from 20 PCs, followed by 491 nominations from 14 PCs in Karnataka. A minimum of 14 nominations were received from one PC in Tripura. 16-Nanded Parliamentary Constituency in Maharashtra received a maximum of 92 nominations.

It may be noted that 15 Assembly Constituencies in Outer Manipur PC will go to polls on April 19 during Phase 1 and 13 ACs in this PC will go to polls on April 26 during Phase 2. There are four contesting candidates from Outer Manipur which have been notified in the Gazette notification issued on April 5. Overall, for phase one, there are 1625 contesting candidates across 21 States and UTs with 1491 male candidates and 134 female candidates.



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