A total of 175 candidates have filed their nomination papers from the eight Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh where polling will be held on April 26, a senior election official said here on Thursday.
Thursday, which was the last day for filing nominations, saw 94 candidates file their papers. Till Wednesday, 81 nominations had been filed.
Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said that Ghaziabad saw the highest number of nominations at 35, while Bulandshahr had the lowest with only 10 candidates stepping forward.
The distribution of nominations across other constituencies is as follows: Amroha received 21, Meerut 22, Baghpat 16, Gautam Budh Nagar 34, Aligarh 21, and Mathura 16.
Notable figures who filed their nominations on Thursday include incumbent BJP MP Hema Malini, contesting for a third term from Mathura, and her Congress opponent Mukesh Dhangar.
Additionally, prominent candidates such as Congress' Kunwar Danish Ali from Amroha, BJP's Atul Garg from Ghaziabad, and BJP's Mahesh Sharma from Gautam Buddha Nagar also submitted their papers.
The scrutiny of nomination papers is scheduled for Friday, with the deadline for withdrawal of candidature set for April 8. The culmination of the electoral process will occur with the counting of votes on June 4.
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