1031 candidates to contest Haryana Assembly Elections to be held on October 5: CEO J Agarwal

CHANDIGARH: Chief electoral officer J Agarwal informed that according to the election schedule issued by the Election Commission of India for the 2024 State Assembly elections, candidates were allowed to file their nomination papers between September 5 to 12.

The scrutiny of the nominations took place on September 13, with the deadline for candidates to withdraw their nominations until September 16, 2024. Till Monday evening, a total of 190 candidates withdrew their nominations. Now there are 1031 candidates going to contest assembly elections, he added. He also informed that in Haryana Assembly General Elections 2014, 1351 candidates had contested while 1169 candidates contested in 2019 Assembly elections.

While divulging on district wise details, he said that 5 candidates from Panchkula, 4 from Ambala, 5 from Yamunanagar, 15 from Kurukshetra, 15 from Kaithal, 10 from Karnal, 6 from Panipat, 7 from Sonipat, 13 from Jind, 6 from Fatehabad, 12 from Sirsa, 23 from Hisar, 3 from Dadri, 13 from Bhiwani, 4 from Rohtak, 9 from Jhajjar, 9 from Mahendragarh, 3 from Rewari, 15 from Gurugram, 2 from Nuh, 4 from Palwal, and 7 from Faridabad district have withdrawn their nominations.

While sharing the district-wise details, CEO said that 17 candidates are contesting from Panchkula, 39 from Ambala, 40 from Yamunanagar, 43 from Kurukshetra, 53 from Kaithal, 55 from Karnal, 36 from Panipat, 65 from Sonipat, 72 from Jind, 40 from Fatehabad, 54 from Sirsa, 89 from Hisar, 33 from Dadri, 56 from Bhiwani, 56 from Rohtak, 42 from Jhajjar, 37 from Mahendragarh, 39 from Rewari, 47 from Gurugram, 21 from Nuh, 33 from Palwal, and 64 candidates are contesting from Faridabad district.

Polling in 90 assembly constituencies on October 5 from 7 am to 6 pm
J Agarwal further informed that the final list of candidates contesting the 90 assembly constituencies has been released, with election symbols allotted by the respective Returning Officers. Voting will take place on October 5, 2024, from 7am to 6pm, while the counting of votes will occur on October 8, 2024, with the election results being declared on the same day, said Agarwal.

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