Bhopal: Chief Electoral Officer Shri Anupam Rajan said that nomination papers will be submitted for 5 days for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. He informed that the process of filing nominations for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections has started from March 28. Due to the government holiday of Good Friday on March 29, Sunday on March 31 and bank holiday on April 1, nomination papers will not be submitted. The last date for filing nomination papers for the second phase is April 4, 2024.
Chief Electoral Officer Shri Rajan said that the deposit amount (Surety amount) has been fixed by the Election Commission of India for contesting the Lok Sabha-2024 elections. Along with the nomination letter, candidates belonging to unreserved category will have to deposit Rs 25 thousand and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category will have to deposit Rs 12 thousand 500.
One candidate files nomination for second phase
Chief Electoral Officer Shri Anupam Rajan said that as per the election schedule of Lok Sabha Elections-2024, the process of filing nomination papers for the second phase started from March 28. On the first day of the second phase, a candidate filed a nomination paper in Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency no. 17 Hoshangabad. No candidate filed any nomination papers in the remaining 6 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies.
Chief Electoral Officer Shri Rajan said that the affidavits and other information of the candidates who have filed nomination papers can be seen on the link of the Election Commission of India website https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. He said that the last date for filing nomination papers is April 4. The nomination papers will be scrutinized the next day on April 5. Candidates who have filed the nomination papers will be able to withdraw their names till April 8. Voting for the second phase will be held on April 26. Counting of votes for all phases of voting will take place on June 4
