181 nominations filed for the first phase in Maharashtra…
Nomination papers of 110 candidates out of 181 filed for five seats in the first phase of lok sabha elections in maharashtra were found valid after scrutiny on Thursday. According to the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), out of 53 nominations filed in nagpur, 26 were found valid.
How many nominations were found valid?
The CEO office said that in Bhandara-Gondiya, 22 out of 40 nomination papers were found valid, in Gadchiroli-Chimur, nomination papers of all 12 candidates were found valid, in Chandrapur, 15 out of 35 and in Ramtek, nomination papers of 35 out of 41 candidates were found valid. were found. The last date for withdrawal of nomination is 30 March. Voting will be held on all five lok sabha seats of Vidarbha region on april 19. It is noteworthy that the deadline for filing nominations has ended on Wednesday. The major candidates in the fray for the first phase are Union minister Nitin Gadkari, minister of State Sudhir Mungantiwar (both BJP), and Pratibha Dhanorkar of Congress. In the first phase, voting will be held for nagpur, Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST), Bhandara-Gondiya, Chandrapur, and Ramtek (SC).
Who filed the nomination from where?
In four out of five constituencies, there could be a direct fight between bjp and Congress. Whereas in Ramtek, it is a fight for supremacy between Eknath Shinde-led shiv sena and the oldest party. Gadkari is trying to reach the lok sabha for the third time from nagpur constituency, where the RSS is headquartered. congress has decided to field sitting mla Vikas Thackeray. In Chandrapur, a direct fight also seems to be brewing between maharashtra Forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar and Congress's Pratibha Dhanorkar. Notably, Chandrapur was the only seat that the congress managed to win in the 2019 general elections in Maharashtra.
