Of the total 53 candidates who had submitted nomination papers till March 27 for Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, 26 were found valid. Remaining 27 candidates failed to follow the procedure in a proper manner because of which Returning Officer made their applications invalid. After the scrutiny of nomination papers for Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency elections on Thursday, the applications of 26 candidates were declared valid. The valid applications include 3 candidates from national and state-level recognised parties, 13 candidates from registered parties and 10 independents, making a total of 26 candidates.

 

Valid candidates include Nitin Gadkari (Bharatiya Janata Party), Yogiraj alias Yogesh Patiram Lanjewar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Vikas Thakre (Indian National Congress), Kivinsuka Suryavanshi (Desh Janhit Party), Garudadri Anand Kumar (All India Parivar Party), Gunwant Somkuwar (Bharatiya Jawan Kisan Party), Tekraj Belkhode (Bahujan Mukti Party), Deepak Maske (Bahujan Maha Party), Narayan Chaudhary (Socialist Unity Center of India Communist), Faheem Shamim Khan (Minorities Democratic Party), Vijay Mankar (Ambedkarite Party of India), Vishesh Futane (Bahujan Republican Socialist Party), Shridhar Salve (Bhim Sena), Sunil Wankhede (Rashtra Samarpan Party), Suraj Mishra (Kunbi Bahujan Swarajya Party), Adv Santosh Lanjewar (All India Forward Bloc), Adarsh Thakur (Independent), Adv Ulhas Dupare (Independent), Dhanu Valthare (Independent), Praful Bhange (Independent), Babita Awasthi (Independent), Vinayak Avachat (Independent), Sachin Waghade (Independent), Sahil Turkar (Independent), Sushil Patil (Independent), Santosh Chavan (Independent).

 

March 30 is the last date for withdrawing nominations. Voting will be conducted on April 19. The constituencies which will be going for polls on April 19 included Nagpur, Ramtek, Bhandara-Gondia, Gadchiroli-Chimur and Chandrapur. In Nagpur, 26 applications were found valid, in Ramtek 35 applications found valid of 41, in Bhandara-Gondia 22 out of 40, Gadchiroli-Chimur 12 out of 12, Chandrapur 15 out of 35. Of the 180 applications, 110 from these five constituencies found valid.