Nomination of 56 candidates on five Lok Sabha seats of Uttarakhand, 7 nomination papers canceled
The bugle for Lok Sabha elections 2024 has been sounded. There will be competition on 5 Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand. For which many candidates have filed nominations. The special thing is that 63 nominations were filed on all five Lok Sabha seats. After scrutiny of nomination papers today, 56 nominations were found correct. In such a situation, now 56 candidates are in the electoral fray. At the same time, the last date for withdrawal of nomination is March 30.
Out of 63 nomination papers, 7 nomination papers canceled
Let us tell you that during the scrutiny of nomination papers today, maximum number of nomination papers have been filed for Haridwar Lok Sabha seat. Out of 63 nomination papers, 7 nomination papers have been cancelled. At the same time, the last date for withdrawal of nomination is March 30. In such a situation, names can be withdrawn till 3 pm on March 30. After that no one’s name will be withdrawn.
List of service voters ready: Apart from this, the Election Commission has also prepared the list of service voters. In which a list of 93,187 service voters (voters deployed in the army) has been prepared in Uttarakhand. Which includes 90,554 men and 2633 women. The nomination process for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections was completed on Wednesday.
Number of candidates on the five seats: After examining all the nominations received, the Election Commission has found 56 nominations correct on the five Lok Sabha seats. Of these, maximum 14 nominations have been found correct on Haridwar Lok Sabha seat. Whereas, 13 nominations have been found correct on Garhwal Lok Sabha seat, 11 on Tehri Lok Sabha seat, 10 on Nainital Udham Singh Nagar Lok Sabha seat and 8 on Almora Pithoragarh Lok Sabha seat.
8 candidates filed nomination papers for Almora Pithoragarh Lok Sabha seat. In which Ajay Tamta from Bharatiya Janata Party, independent candidate Arjun Prasad and Pramod Kumar from Uttarakhand People’s Party Democratic, Pradeep Tamta from Congress Party, Jyoti Prakash Tamta from Bahujan Mukti Party, Narayan Ram from Bahujan Samaj Party, Kiran Arya from Uttarakhand Parivartan Party and Uttarakhand Arjun Kumar Dev has filed nomination from Kranti Dal.
Facility for migrant voters of Jammu and Kashmir
At the same time, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Kumar Jogdande said that migrant voters of Jammu and Kashmir can also submit their forms through postal ballot. Its format will be 12C. Apart from this, for voting directly, you will have to fill Form M and submit it to the ERO (Election Registration Officer) of your area along with migration certificate and proof of current address. According to the Election Commission, this voting opportunity is for the voters of three Lok Sabha seats Srinagar, Anantnag and Baramulla.
Nomination of 8 candidates for Almora Pithoragarh parliamentary seat
8 candidates filed their nomination papers for Almora Pithoragarh Lok Sabha seat. In which Ajay Tamta from BJP, independent candidate Arjun Prasad and Pramod Kumar from Uttarakhand People’s Party Democratic, Pradeep Tamta from Congress Party, Jyoti Prakash Tamta from Bahujan Mukti Party, Narayan Ram from Bahujan Samaj Party, Kiran Arya from Uttarakhand Parivartan Party and Uttarakhand Kranti Dal. Arjun Kumar Dev had filed nomination from.
The nomination papers filed by the candidates were scrutinized on Thursday. Deputy District Magistrate and Assistant Returning Officer Jaivardhan Sharma said that 8 candidates have filed nomination forms from Almora Pithoragarh Lok Sabha constituency. While Uttarakhand Kranti Dal candidate Arjun Kumar Dev did not fill the prescribed form, due to which his party’s candidature has been rejected, but his nomination has been accepted as an independent candidate. Similarly, nomination papers of all other candidates have been accepted if they are found correct.
