Four candidates of the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections were issued notice by respective Returning Officers cum district collectors for non-submission of their election expenses account.
A statement issued by the office of Chief Electoral Officer stated that around 162 candidates had submitted their election expenses account details.
It further stated that in Chhattisgarh’s 11 parliamentary constituencies, 166 candidates were in the fray. Out of them 10 candidates from Surguja Parliamentary constituency, 14 from Raigarh, 15 from Janjgir-Champa, 13 from Korba, 24 from Bilaspur, 14 from Rajnandgaon, 20 from Durg, 24 from Raipur, 13 from Mahasamund, 7 from Bastar and 8 from Kanker submitted details of their election expenses.
The notices were issued to Horilal Anant of Bilaspur Parliamentary constituency, Anup Kumar Pandey of Durg, Iqram Saifi of Raipur and Uma Shankar Bhandari of Kanker for non-submission of election expenses account.
As per rule, the candidates have to submit their election related account details to Election Commission within 30 days of announcement of result.
Results of the Lok Sabha poll 2019 were declared on May 23.