18/09/2024
34 candidates withdraw Nominations, 415 candidates remain in final fray for 40 Assembly Constituencies in Phase 3 of assembly elections
: In Jammu and Kashmir, on the last day of the withdrawal of nomination papers for the third and final phase of Assembly Elections 2024 in 40 Assembly Constituencies, 34 candidates withdrew their candidature in the Office of respective Returning Officers across seven districts on Tuesday, leaving 415 candidates in the final poll fray.
Out of the total 449 valid nominations, 34 candidates withdrew their Nominations by the last date of withdrawal on Tuesday. With this, only 415 validly Nominated Candidates now remain in fray for the 40 Assembly Constituencies where polling will be held in the third phase of the J&K Assembly Elections on 01 October, 2024.
Highest 16 candidates withdrew their nomination in Kupwara district, followed by 6 in Baramulla district, 4 each in Jammu district and Bandipora district, 3 in Kathua district, 1 in Udhampur district, while no candidates withdrew their nomination in Samba district. With this, 109 candidates remain in the final electoral fray in Jammu district, followed by 101 in Baramulla district, 59 in Kupwara district, 42 in Bandipora district, 37 in Udhampur district, 35 in Kathua district, while 32 candidates remain in the final fray in Samba district. Worth to mention, a total of 486 candidates had filed their nomination papers before the respective Returning Officers in 40 Assembly Constituencies till the last date of filing the Nominations on 12 September, 2024. Out of these, nomination papers of 449 candidates were found valid during Scrutiny held on 13 September, 2024. And now with the withdrawal of 34 candidates, 415 candidates now remain in the final electoral fray for phase 3 of the assembly elections.
With this a total of 873 candidates will be in the final fray in the Assembly Elections for 90 Assembly Constituencies, including 219 candidates for 24 Assembly Segments in first phase, 239 candidates for 26 Assembly Constituencies in second phase and 415 candidates for 40 Assembly Seats in the third phase.