A total of 4,157 nomination forms were filed for Vidhan Sabha Election-2018 between November 2 and 9, 2018 for all the 230 assembly constituencies of the state.
The nomination forms will be scrutinized by the Returning Officers on November 12.
Candidate, their election agent, one proposer of each candidate and one more person authorised by candidate in writing can present at the time of scrutiny of the nomination forms.
Nomination forms will be scrutinized by the Returning Officer one at a time and video of scrutiny will also be made for transparency.
A brief enquiry will be conducted by the Returning officer in case of objection before taking any decision in this matter and the nomination form will be declared as valid or invalid.
If objection is raised on the nomination form of any candidate then the returning officer will postpone the hearing of the objection till 11 am of the next day on application of the candidate for its rebuttal.
Meanwhile, Chief Electoral Officer VL Kanta Rao has informed that since the model code of conduct has come into force, 35,830 non-bailable warrants have been issued from October 6 to November 10, 2018 to ensure law and order in the state. Besides, 3,524 illegal firearms have been confiscated and 2,58,661 firearms have been deposited in the police stations during this period.
Under the property defacement, total 17,19,650 cases have been registered and action has been taken against 16,66,291 cases.
Under the Government property defacement, total 13 lakh cases have been registered and action has been taken in 12,66,791 cases. Similarly, 4,19,404 cases of private property defacement have been registered and action has been taken against 3,99,500 cases.
Besides, 11,342 cases of misuse of vehicles have been registered during this period.