A total of 900 candidates will be fighting for 70 seats in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. After scrutiny of nomination papers filed by the aspirants till November 16, the last date of filing nomination, documents of 204 candidates were rejected.
The Returning Officer across the city had received 1,104 nomination papers from candidates of major political parties, including several Independent candidates.
Among the valid candidates fielded by the BJP, two of the candidates belong to the SAD, which has total four seats. Harmit Singh Kalka from Kalkaji and Jatinder Singh Shunty from Shahdara seat would contest on the BJP symbol. The last day of filing the nomination saw 775 candidates submitting their papers. A total of 24 candidates including CM Sheila Dikshit, BJP’s Vijender Gupta and AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal filed their nominations from New Delhi constituency. BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Dr Harsh Vardhan has a total of 12 candidates opposed to him in the Krishna Nagar constituency.