141 Out Of 889 Candidates In Phase 6 Of Lok Sabha Elections Have Declared Serious Criminal Cases
1978 Nomination forms were filed for 57 Parliamentary Constituencies across 7 States/UTs for Phase 6.
Phase 6 Elections: 889 candidates from 8 States/UTs will contest the Lok Sabha elections in Phase 6. This includes 20 contesting candidates for the adjourned poll in the 3-Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir.
Voting for phase six of the Lok Sabha polls will take place on May 25.
A total of 1978 nominations were filed for 57 Parliamentary Constituencies across the seven States/UTs going for polls in this phase. The last date for filing nominations for phase 6 for all seven States/UTs (excluding the adjourned poll in Parliamentary Constituency 3- Anantnag-Rajouri of Jammu & Kashmir) was May 6, 2024. After the scrutiny of all nominations filed, 900 nominations were found to be valid. In 3-Anantnag-Rajouri, a total of 28 nominations were filed in Phase 3, and 21 nominations were found to be valid.
In phase 6, Uttar Pradesh had a maximum of 470 nomination forms from 14 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by Haryana with 370 nominations from 10 Parliamentary Constituencies. 8-Ranchi Parliamentary Constituency in Jharkhand received the maximum of nominations with 70 forms filed followed by 2-North East Delhi Parliamentary Constituency in NCT of Delhi with 69 nomination forms. The average number of contesting candidates in a Parliamentary Constituency for phase 6 is 15.
Out of the total of 889 candidates, 141 have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, according to a report. The self-sworn affidavits of the total candidates were investigated by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch.
Twelve candidates have declared cases where they have been convicted while six candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section -302) against themselves while 21 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).
Thirty-five out of 57 Parliamentary constituencies have been declared “Red Alert” constituencies for phase 6. Red alert constituencies are those constituencies where 3 or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
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