A total of five candidates of various political parties and independent candidates withdrew their nominations for lok Sabha elections in Uttarakhand on Wednesday.
A total of 74 candidates of various political parties and independent candidates are in fray in the lok Sabha election 2014 in Uttarakhand.Of these, 16 candidates are contesting from Tehri parliamentary constituency, 10 from Garhwal constituency, nine from Almora constituency, 15 from Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar constituency and 24 from Haridwar constituency.
Two independent candidates- Masum Shah and liyaqat Ali withdrew their nomination from Tehri lok Sabha seat while three candidates- Rajeshwar Singh, Abdul Rahim and Mohsin withdrew their nominations from Haridwar lok Sabha seat.No candidate has withdrawn nomination from Almora, Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar and Garhwal
parliamentary constituencies. The polling in the state will be held on May 7.Dehradun election officer and returning officer for Tehri parliamentary constituency Dr BVRC Purushottam said that a total of 20 candidates had filed their nomination for Tehri lok Sabha seat.
The nomination of two candidates was cancelled as they had not filled sought information in their nomination papers.In the presence of Election Commission of India’s appointed observers H Mohan and Kailash Chandra Gupta, election symbol was allocated to the candidates of various political parties and independent candidates on Wednesday.
Mala Rajya laxmi Shah of BJP was allocated ‘lotus’, Congress candidate Saket Bahuguna was allocated ‘Hand’, ‘Hammer and Sickle’ was allocated to CPI (M) candidate Shiv Prasad Devli, ‘Elephant’ to BSP candidate Shishpal, ‘Broom’ to AAP candidate Anoop Nautiyal, ‘Hand Pump’ to RlD candidate Japinder Singh, ‘Scorpion’ to Naya Daur Party candidate Satendra Sharma, ‘Cauliflower’ to National Uttarakhand Party candidate Navneet Singh Gusain, ‘Whistle’ to Bharatiya Mool Niwas Samaj Party candidate Jauhri lal Suman, ‘Ceiling Fan’ to Peace Party candidate Haji Mohammad Yusuf, ‘Gas Cylinder’ to independent candidate Braham Dev Jha, ‘Bucket’ to Raju Maurya, ‘Sewing Machine’ to Sonpal Singh, ‘Cup Plate’ to Jai Prakash Upadhyay, ‘Grapes’ to Gaurav Pundir and ‘Ring’ to Prem Singh Yadav.