A total of 62 candidates filed their nomination from 10 different Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Dehradun district on Friday, the last day for filing of nominations for the Vidhan Sabha election 2017.
Madhu Chauhan from Bharatiya Janata Party filed nomination from Chakrata Assembly constituency.
Five candidates- Jai Hind Jai Bharat party candidate Ram Bachan Ram, Rashtriya lok Dal candidate Manju Singh, Shiv Sena candidate Chaitnay Anil, Bharatiya Antodaya Party candidate Mohammad Aatif, independent candidate Anil Kumar Garg have filed nomination from Sahaspur constituency.
Six candidates- Munna Chauhan from BJP, Kaushal Kishore Gautam from Samajwadi Party and independent candidates- Sandeep Dubey, Gurumel Singh, Dinesh Sharma and Ashok Singh have filed nomination from Vikasnagar constituency.
In Doiwala Assembly constituency, three candidates- Bharatiya Sarvodaya Party candidate Gajendra Singh and independent candidates- Hema Purohit and Prakash Chandra Tiwari have filed nomination.
In Rishikesh assembly constituency, nine candidates- Usha Aswal from Devbhoom Party, lalan Bhardwaj Rajbhar from BSP, Ram Krishan from Sarva Vikas Party, Gurucharan from NCP and independent candidates- Sandeep Gupta, Vijay lakshmi Gusain, Mohit Kumar and Vijaypal Indrajeet Singh.
11 candidates have filed nomination from Dharmpur while five in Rajpur, four in Mussoorie and seven in Dehradun Cantt.
Congress party candidate Prabhu lal Bahuguna filed nomination from Raipur constituency while rebel Congress leader Rajni Rawat also filed nomination from this constituency as an independent candidate.
Prabha Kiran filed nomination as Sarva Vikas Party candidate, Rakesh Barthwal, Mohamad Ahsan as independent candidates from Raipur constituency. Dehradun district magistrate Ravinath Raman said that a total of 134 candidates are in fray for the Assembly election 2017 from 10 different constituencies in the district.