Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Mar 27: In Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha (LS) constituency, 15 candidates have filed 24 nomination papers. Tuesday happened to be the last day for filing of nominations. On the last day, nine candidates filed their nomination papers.
The process of accepting nomination papers had begun in this constituency on March 19. Scrutiny of 24 nominations filed by the candidates will take place today. March 29 will the last date for withdrawal of nominations.
BJP candidate from the constituency, Nalin Kumar Kateel, had filed two sets of nomination papers on Monday. On Tuesday, he filed two more sets, taking the number of nomination papers filed by him to four.
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Those who have filed nominations are Nalin Kumar Kateel (BJP - four sets),Sudarshan M (BJP - two sets), Mithun Rai (Congress - four sets), Ilyas Mohammed Thumbay, Ismail Shaffi K (SDPI), Satish Salian (BSP), Supreeeth Kumar Poojary (LJD, Hindustan Janata Party), Vijaya Srinivas C (Uttama Prajakiya Party), Muhammed Khalid, Dominic Alexander D'Souza, Venkatesh Bende, Abdul Hameed, Suresh Poojary H, Dr Deepak Rajesh Coelho, and Maxim Pinto (all independents).
Udupi - Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency - 14 candidates file 26 nominations
A total of 26 nomination papers have been filed in Udupi - Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency by 14 candidates.
Those who filed their nomination papers happen to be Shobha Karandlaje (BJP), Pramod Madhwaraj (JD(S), M K Dayanand (Proutist Sarva Samaja), Suresh Kunder (Uttama Prajakiya Party), Vijayakumar (CPI (ML - red star), Shekhar Havanje (RPI), P Parameshwar (BSP), Gautham Prabhu (Shiv Sena), Amrith Shenoy P, Sudheer Kanchan, K C Prakash, Abdul Rehman, Ganapathi Shettigar, and M K Ganesh (independents).
Three among those who filed nominations belong to scheduled castes/tribes. On Tuesday, which happened to be the last day for filing of nominations, 11 nomination papers were filed by seven candidates.
Scrutiny of nominations will take place today. March 29 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations.