The Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission on Sunday debarred 468 candidates for five years for not providing information about election expenses.
The candidates of municipalities’ general elections in year 2010 and by-elections in year 2011, who did not provide information about election expenses within time limit have been debarred from contesting elections for 5 years by State Election Commission. These include 394 candidates of general elections 2010; 68 of year 2011 and 6 candidates of year 2013.
General elections in year 2010: Secretary State Election Commission GP Shrivastava informed that the debarred candidates included 7 of Bhopal district, 5 Sheopur, one Gwalior, 15 Shivpuri, 4 Guna, 21 Ashok Nagar, one Mandsaur, 3 Neemuch, 24 Ratlam, 10 Shajapur, 22 Ujjain, 17 Dewas, 5 Rajgarh, 15 Vidisha, 2 Sehore, 20 Raisen, 4 Betul, 4 Hoshangabad, 13 Indore, one Dhar, 2 Khargone, 7 Barwani, 2 Khandwa, 4 Burhanpur, 34 Tikamgarh, 23 Chhatarpur, 10 Panna, 17 Sagar, 6 Damoh, 8 Katni, 5 Chhindwara, 4 Seoni, 2 Balaghat, 20 Rewa, 35 Satna, 9 Shahdol, 2 Umaria, 4 Sidhi, 6 Anuppur and one candidate of Mandla district. 2 candidates of Sehore district, 9 Sidhi, 5 Tikamgarh, 10 Anuppur, 10 Dhar, 4 Chhindwara, one Mandla, 12 Shahdol, one Ratlam, 12 Barwani and 2 candidates of Khandwa district of general/by-pollss 2011 have been debarred.