Nagpur: Of the total 53 candidates who had filed nomination papers till March 27 for Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, 26 were found valid. Remaining 27 candidates failed to follow the procedure in a proper manner because of which the Returning Officer made their applications invalid.
After the scrutiny of nomination papers for Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency elections on Thursday, the applications of 26 candidates were declared valid. The valid applications include 3 candidates from national and state level recognised parties, 13 candidates from registered parties and 10 independents, making a total of 26 candidates.
Valid candidates include Nitin Gadkari (Bharatiya Janata Party), Vikas Thakre (Indian National Congress), Yogiraj alias Yogesh Patiram Lanjewar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Kivinsuka Suryavanshi (Desh Janhit Party), Garudadri Anand Kumar(All India Parivar Party), Gunwant Somkuwar (Bharatiya Jawan Kisan Party), Tekraj Belkhode (Bahujan Mukti Party), Deepak Maske (Bahujan Maha Party), Narayan Chaudhary (Socialist Unity Centre of India Communist), Faheem Shamim Khan (Minorities Democratic Party), Vijay Mankar (Ambedkarite Party of India), Vishesh Futane (Bahujan Republican Socialist Party), Shridhar Salve (Bhim Sena), Sunil Wankhede (Rashtra Samarpan Party), Suraj Mishra (Kunbi Bahujan Swarajya Party), Adv Santosh Lanjewar (All India Forward Bloc), Adarsh Thakur (Independent), Adv Ulhas Dupare (Independent), Dhanu Valthare (Independent), Praful Bhange (Independent), Babita Awasthi (Independent), Vinayak Avachat (Independent), Sachin Waghade (Independent), Sahil Turkar (Independent), Sushil Patil (Independent), Santosh Chavan (Independent).
March 30 is the last date for withdrawing nominations. Voting will be conducted on April 19. The constituencies which will be going for polls on April 19 included Nagpur, Ramtek, Bhandara-Gondia, Gadchiroli-Chimur and Chandrapur.
In Nagpur, 26 applications were found valid. In Ramtek, out of 41 nominations filed, 35 applications were found valid. In Bhandara-Gondia 22 out of 40, Gadchiroli-Chimur 12 out of 12, Chandrapur 15 out of 35 nomination papers were found valid. Of the 180 applications, 110 from these five constituencies were found valid.
EVM vs Ballot campaign failed in Nagpur, Ramtek
The campaign against EVM failed in Nagpur and Ramtek Lok Sabha constituencies. Several organisations had appealed to people to file nomination papers in large numbers. If the number of candidates filing nominations in one constituency reaches 400, then the Election Commission has to drop the idea of holding polls through EVM.
In Nagpur and Ramtek, the sale of applications was good, but very less converted into filing of nominations. In Nagpur only 53 applied while in Ramtek 41 applied and 35 of them were found valid.
