Thirty-one candidates filed their nominations for the third phase of election, on Thursday. The highest numbers of nominations were filed in Raipur, where nine candidates submitted their papers. Voting for the third phase of election in the State would be held on April 24.
According to official information received from the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Chhattisgarh, from Surguja lok Sabha seat three candidates - Kumait Ram Shandilya (independent), Surendra lal (MCP), and Kamalbhan Maravi (BJP) - filed their nominations. From Raigarh seat only one independent candidate, Joseph Bada, filed nomination on Thursday.
In Janjgir-Champa seat Premchand Jayasi (Indian National Congress) and Daduram Manhar (AAP) filed their nominations. likewise in Korba seat eight nominations were filed. Pratap Bhanu (independent), TP Akela (independent), Kamal Dev (Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party), Hariram Markam (Gondwana Gantantra Party), Amarnath Pandey (AAP), Fuleshwar Prasad Surajiha (independent), Urmila Singh Marke (Rashtriya Gondwana Party) and Dhansingh Dhurve (BSP) submitted their nominations.
From Bilaspur seat Salikram Jogi (independent), Ramji Sahu (Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch), Ram Singh Pandram (Independent), Sarita Vijay Soni (Independent) and Dhaniram Khare (Republican Paksh Khoripa) handed over their nomination papers to the returning officer.
From Durg seat Shailendra Kumar Banjare (Shakti Sena), Subodh Kumar Gupta (RPI) and Radha Bai Yadav (independent) submitted the nomination papers. From Raipur lS seat, Pradeep Jain (independent), Rijhendra Daharia (independent), Shankar lal Varandani (independent), Bishat Kurrey (CPI-Ml), Meera Sharma (independent), Devdutt Bartamsih (BSP), Kamaluddin (Independent), Basmati Kshatriya (independent) and Govind Ram Dewangan filed papers.