A total of 1351 candidates from 12 States and Union Territories to contest elections in phase three of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. This includes eight contesting candidates for the adjourned poll in the Betul Parliamentary Constituency of Madhya Pradesh.

Additionally, one candidate from Surat in Gujarat has been elected unopposed. The last date for withdrawal of candidature for all 12 States and UTs was April 22.

Read in Hindi: लोक सभा चुनाव के तीसरे चरण में कुल 1351 उम्मीदवार लड़ेंगे चुनाव

Some 2963 nominations were filed for 95 PCs across states going for polls in phase three of the Elections. The last date for filing nominations was April 19. After the scrutiny of all nominations filed, 1563 nominations were found to be valid.

In phase three, Gujarat had a maximum of 658 nomination forms from 26 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by Maharashtra with 519 nominations from 11 PCs. Osmanabad Parliamentary Constituency in Maharashtra received a maximum of 77 nomination forms followed by Bilaspur PC in Chhattisgarh with 68 nomination forms.