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J&K polls: 483 candidates file nominations for third phase

Jammu district recorded 122 submissions, followed by Baramulla (111), Kupwara (80), Bandipora (50), Kathua (47), Udhampur (40), and Samba (33).

12 September 2024, 20:42 IST

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 | 483 candidates file nominations for third phase

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 | 483 candidates file nominations for third phase

J&K polls: 483 candidates file nominations for third phase

12 September 2024, 20:42 IST

Here are the candidates with highest assets in Phase 7

Out of 904 candidates, 299 candidates are Crorepatis which makes up for 33% the candidates.

28 May 2024, 13:04 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Here are the candidates with highest assets in Phase 7

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Here are the candidates with highest assets in Phase 7

Here are the candidates with highest assets in Phase 7

28 May 2024, 13:04 IST

8,360 candidates in fray in 2024 LS polls, highest since 1996

The number of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha polls has seen a rise of over four times from 1,874 in 1952 — the first time elections were held — to 8,360 in 2024.

22 May 2024, 13:32 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 8,360 candidates in fray in 2024 LS polls, highest since 1996

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 8,360 candidates in fray in 2024 LS polls, highest since 1996

8,360 candidates in fray in 2024 LS polls, highest since 1996

22 May 2024, 13:32 IST

15 crorepati candidates in fray for 5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam

The five Lok Sabha constituencies going to the polls on April 19 are Jorhat, Kaziranga, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur and Lakhimpur.

17 April 2024, 07:15 IST

15 crorepati candidates in fray for 5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam

15 crorepati candidates in fray for 5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam

15 crorepati candidates in fray for 5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam

17 April 2024, 07:15 IST

Congress confident of good show in Gujarat assembly bypolls; yet to announce candidates

Along with voting for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat on May 7, bypolls to five out of six assembly seats which fell vacant after the resignation of sitting MLAs, including four of the Congress and one independent, will be held the same day.

04 April 2024, 05:07 IST

Congress confident of good show in Gujarat assembly bypolls; yet to announce candidates

Congress confident of good show in Gujarat assembly bypolls; yet to announce candidates

Congress confident of good show in Gujarat assembly bypolls; yet to announce candidates

04 April 2024, 05:07 IST

Lok Saba polls 2024: 114 candidates in fray for first phase in Rajasthan

A total of 10 candidates from the constituencies, which will go to polls in the first phase have withdrawn their nomination papers.

30 March 2024, 14:04 IST

Lok Saba polls 2024: 114 candidates in fray for first phase in Rajasthan

Lok Saba polls 2024: 114 candidates in fray for first phase in Rajasthan

Lok Saba polls 2024: 114 candidates in fray for first phase in Rajasthan

30 March 2024, 14:04 IST

Lok Sabha polls: BSP releases first list of two candidates for Chhattisgarh

As per the list, the party's Janjgir-Champa district unit president Dr Rohit Kumar Dahariya has been fielded in Janjgir-Champa (Scheduled Caste reserved), while former sarpanch Aaytu Ram Mandavi has been given the ticket from Bastar (Scheduled Tribe reserved) seat, he said.

22 March 2024, 08:18 IST

Lok Sabha polls: BSP releases first list of two candidates for Chhattisgarh

Lok Sabha polls: BSP releases first list of two candidates for Chhattisgarh

Lok Sabha polls: BSP releases first list of two candidates for Chhattisgarh

22 March 2024, 08:18 IST

Lok Sabha polls: BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan to be fielded from Chennai South, K Aannamalai from Coimbatore

22 March 2024, 02:52 IST

Lok Sabha polls: BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan to be fielded from Chennai South, K Aannamalai from Coimbatore

Lok Sabha polls: BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan to be fielded from Chennai South, K Aannamalai from Coimbatore

Lok Sabha polls: BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan to be fielded from Chennai South, K Aannamalai from Coimbatore

22 March 2024, 02:52 IST

Lok Sabha polls: Rise in number of candidates losing security deposit over the years

Political analysts regard the preservation of deposits as a matter of pride for candidates, while the forfeiture of deposits is often deemed humiliating.

19 March 2024, 09:50 IST

Lok Sabha polls: Rise in number of candidates losing security deposit over the years

Lok Sabha polls: Rise in number of candidates losing security deposit over the years

Lok Sabha polls: Rise in number of candidates losing security deposit over the years

19 March 2024, 09:50 IST

Number of candidates in LS polls increased by 4 times from 1952 to 2019

On an average, there used to be only around three to five contestants per Lok Sabha seat until the sixth Lok Sabha elections in 1977 but in the last elections 14.8 candidates on average contested from per constituency across the country.

01 March 2024, 12:26 IST

Number of candidates contesting Lok Sabha polls jumped four-fold between 1952 and 2019

Number of candidates contesting Lok Sabha polls jumped four-fold between 1952 and 2019

Number of candidates in LS polls increased by 4 times from 1952 to 2019

01 March 2024, 12:26 IST