69 nominations for LS seats in Gujarat in day 5, seven for 4 assembly bypoll

Gandhinagar: On the fifth day of nomination for all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat,a total of 69 candidates filed their papers while a total of 7 were done for 4 assembly by polls.

Among the prominent candidates filing papers for LS polls were Poonamben Madam from Jamnagar, Mohan Kundariya (BJP) on Rajkot seat.

The last date for filing of nominations is April 4, while scrutiny of nominations will be held on April 5.

The last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 8.

Voting will be held on April 23 while counting of votes will be done on May 23.

Apart from 26 loksabha seats by poll on four seats Unjha, Jamnagar Rural, Dhrangadhra, Manavadar (due to resignation of Congress MLAs) would also be held on the same day and nomination for these seats would also be done as per the same schedule.

Around 4.47 crore voters of whom 2.14 crore were female ,can exercise their franchise on 51851 polling station across the 26 constituencies.

The number of polling booths have increased by 6458 in comparison to the last general election in 2014.

All the 26 seats were won by BJP in the last election.

 

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