Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan has said that as per the election schedule of Lok Sabha Elections-2024, the process of filing nomination papers for the third phase has started from April 12. On Friday, the first day of the third phase of nominations, 7 candidates submitted 8 nomination papers.
Rajan said that in the third phase, 1 nomination paper each was filed by 1 candidate each in Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency No. 3 Gwalior, Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency No. 4 Guna and Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency No. 19 Bhopal, 2 nomination papers were filed by 2 candidates in Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency No. 18 Vidisha by 2 candidates and 3 nomination papers were filed by 2 candidates in Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency No. 20 Rajgarh. No candidate filed any nomination papers in the remaining Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency No. 1 Morena, Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency No. 5 Sagar and Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency No. 2 Bhind (SC).
In Parliamentary constituency No. 29 Betul, nomination is to be filed only by the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. No nomination papers have been received today in this parliamentary constituency.
Chief Electoral Officer Rajan said that the affidavits and other information of the candidates who have filed nomination papers can be seen on the Election Commission of India website link https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. He said that the last date for filing nomination papers is Friday, April 19.
The nomination papers will be scrutinized the next day on Saturday, April 20. Candidates who have filed nomination papers will be able to withdraw their names till Monday 22nd April. Voting for the third phase will take place on Tuesday, May 7. Counting of votes for all phases of voting will take place on Tuesday, June 4.
