Lok Sabha elections: 904 candidates in fray in phase 7; highest 328 to contest from Punjab on 13 seats
Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: What are the 'missed' opportunities by opposition? Here's Prashant Kishor's list of 3 The EC had received 2,105 nominations for 57 seats in the last phase. After scrutiny of all nominations filed, 954 nominations were found to be valid.
However, after withdrawals of some nominations, 904 candidates are now left in the fray. Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 'BJP's 400 paar seat target is complete fantasy,' Shashi Tharoor explains why 328 candidates from Punjab and 144 from Uttar Pradesh are in the fray for 13 seats each, respectively.
134 candidates are contesting on eight seats from Bihar, 66 from Odisha on six seats, 52 from Jharkhand on three seats, 37 from Himachal Pradesh on four seats and and 19 from Chandigarh for one seat. Punjab had a maximum of 598 nomination forms from 13 Parliamentary constituencies, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 495 nominations from 13 PCs before scrutiny and withdrawals.
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