695 candidates to contest elections across 8 States & UTs
49 seats going for polls in Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024
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NEW DELHI, May 08, 2024: 695 candidates from 8 States / UTs are to contest elections in Phase-5 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. A total of 1586 nominations were filed for 49 PCs across 8 States /UTs going for polls in Phase 5 for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
The last date for filing nominations for phase 5 for all 8 States / UTs was May 3 2024. After the scrutiny of all nominations filed, 749 nominations were found to be valid.
In Phase-5, Maharashtra had a maximum of 512 nomination forms from 13 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 466 nominations from 14 PCs. 4-Chatra Parliamentary Constituency in Jharkhand received a maximum of 69 nomination form
s followed by 35-Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh with 67 nomination forms.
Average number of contesting candidates in a PC for 5th Phase is 14.
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