With last day of nomination for the ten Parliament constituencies which would go to polls on April 10, expired on Saturday, a total of 235 candidates filed their papers.
The last day for withdrawal of nominations is 26 March while scrutiny would be done on Monday. The maximum candidates filed their nominations are from Ghaziabad where 38 contestants submitted their papers.
Briefing the media persons here on Saturday evening, Assistant Electoral Officer, Ramakant Pandey said that after expiry of nominations for first phase on Saturday, a total of 235 candidates were in the fray for ten Parliaments seat so far. He said that from Saharanpur and Kairana Parliament constituencies, 25 candidates in each segment had filed their nominations respectively. In Muzaffarnagar, a total of 30 candidates filed their nomination while this figure in other constituencies are - Bijnore (22), Meerut (22), Bagpat (19), Ghaziabad (38) Gautambudhnagar (18), Bulundshahr (15) and Aligarh (21).
The prominent leaders whose fate fill be sealed in the first phase elections on April 10 included, Raj Babbar (Congress), Retd Army General, VK Singh (BJP) and Shazia Iylmi (AAP), all from Ghaziabad, Jaya Parda (SP) from Bijnore, Nagma (Congress) from Meerut, Ajit Singh (RlD) and Satyapal Singh (BJP) from Bagpat etc.