Nominations over, 217 candidates in fray in Kerala

October 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The fate of a total of 1,222 candidates will be decided Oct 13 in the election for 90 assembly seats in Haryana. Haryanas Chief Electoral Officer Sajjan Singh said Thursday that 1,222 candidates remained in the fray after withdrawal of nominations and rejection of invalid nomination papers.

September 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Of the 1,874 nominations filed for the Haryana assembly election, 432 nominations have been rejected during scrutiny Saturday, officials said. "Nomination papers of 432 candidates, which mostly included Independent candidates, have been rejected due to one or the other reason.

April 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A total of 210 candidates are in the fray for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. The state goes to polls in the fourth phase May 7.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As many as 56 nominations for the polls to the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi were rejected during scrutiny, the election office said Monday. 'A total of 222 candidates had filed their nominations for the seven constituencies.

April 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - With the Election Commission rejecting seven nominations Monday for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, 138 candidates are now left in the fray for 17 seats which will go to polls May 7. As many as 17 candidates, the highest from any seat, are contesting from Howrah.

April 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - With the Election Commission rejecting seven nominations Monday for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, 138 candidates are now left in the fray for 17 seats which will go to polls May 7. As many as 17 candidates, the highest from any seat, are contesting from Howrah.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As many as 56 nominations for the polls to the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi were rejected during scrutiny, the election office said Monday. 'A total of 222 candidates had filed their nominations for the seven constituencies.

April 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - With the Election Commission rejecting seven nominations Monday for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, 138 candidates are now left in the fray for 17 seats which will go to polls May 7. As many as 17 candidates, the highest from any seat, are contesting from Howrah.

April 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - A total of 74 nominations have been filed for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in 17 of the 42 constituencies of West Bengal till Thursday. The maximum nominations - seven - have been received for the Krishnanagar and Uluberia seats, while only one candidate each filed papers for the Kanthi and Asansol seats.

April 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - A total of 134 candidates, including nine women, remained in the fray Monday after withdrawal of nominations for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in 14 of the 42 seats in West Bengal. Of the 146 candidates who filed their papers, seven withdrew from the race Monday.

April 12th, 2009 BHOPAL - Nominations of 32 candidates have been rejected during the scrutiny process for 16 of Madhya Pradesh's 29 parliamentary seats which go to the polls April 30, Election Commission sources said Sunday. A total of 299 nominations were filed for the 16 seats.

April 9th, 2009 BHOPAL - A total of 199 candidates will slug it out in the first round of elections to 13 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh April 23, poll officials said Thursday. Thirty politicians withdrew their candidature Wednesday, the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the first phase, leaving 199 in the poll fray.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There are 1,715 candidates, including 122 women, in fray for the first round of the five-phase Lok Sabha elections. The Election Commission Wednesday said on an average 13 candidates are contesting at each of 124 seats in the first phase of polling April 16.

April 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - Thirty-two candidates, including ailing Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi's wife Deepa, Tuesday filed nomination on the sixth day of the nomination process for 14 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. Deepa Dasmunshi is contesting from her husband's old constituency Raiganj in North Dinajpur district.

April 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The filing of nominations for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will close this evening. In this phase, 141 parliamentary constituencies in 13 States will go to polls on April 23.