With just a day left for filing nominations for the first phase of election, the pace of nominations intensified significantly with about 47 nominations being filed by candidates across the political spectrum.
Till the end of Monday the nomination figure jumped from a meager seven to 54. Prominent candidates included sitting MlAs from AJSU, Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janta Dal besides other candidates declared by almost all political parties for 13 constituencies going for polls in the first phase of assembly election.
As many as 18 Independent candidates have jumped in the poll fray whereas five JVM candidates filed their nomination till date. The number of candidates to have filed nomination from BJP and JMM is just one. Three candidates from RJD have submitted their nomination papers for contesting assembly election.