695 candidates to contest elections across 8 States/UTs going for polls in Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024
695 candidates to contest elections across 8 States/UTs going for polls in Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024
695 candidates from 8 States /UTs 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 forms followed by 35-Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh with 67 nomination forms. Average number of contesting candidates in a PC for 5th Phase is 14.
State/UT wise details for Phase 5 of General Election to Lok Sabha Election 2024:
State/UT
Number of PCs in fifth
phase
Nomination
forms
received
Valid candidates after
scrutiny
After withdrawal, final Contesting
Candidates
Bihar
5
164
82
80
Jammu & Kashmir
1
38
23
22
Jharkhand
3
148
57
54
Ladakh
1
8
5
3
Maharashtra
13
512
301
264
Odisha
5
87
41
40
Uttar Pradesh
14
466
147
144
West Bengal
7
163
93
88
Total
49
1586
749
695