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Karnataka poll: Over 3,600 candidates in fray for 224 seats
Saturday April 20, 2013 10:32:05 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore: Over
3,600 candidates are in the fray for the May 5 Karnataka assembly
elections, the state election panel chief said Saturday, the last
day for withdrawal of nominations.
The exact number of candidates in the contest for 224 seats of the
225-member assembly that includes one nominated member, however,
would be known Sunday as complete details of withdrawals from
across the state were yet to be received, chief electoral officer
Anil Kumar Jha told reporters here.
He said nominations of 3,692 candidates out of 3,945 were found
valid after scrutiny on April 18. The last date for filing the
papers was April 17.
The party-wise break up of candidates is: ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party 223, the Congress 224, Janata Dal-Secular 222, Bahujan Samaj
Party 180, Nationalist Congress Party 30, CPI-M 17 and CPI 9.
One candidate whom BJP had given ticket did not file his
nomination.
The number of candidates of Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) headed by
former BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa would also be known Sunday as
it is only a registered party and not a party recognized by the
Election Commission. The Commission accords recognition as
national or state parties based on percentage of votes polled in
state and parliamentary polls.
Yeddyurappa has fielded candidates for most of the 224 seats.
Most of the remaining candidates were either independents or
belong to unrecognized parties.
Vote count is on May 8.
Jha said over 43.6 million people are eligible to vote.
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