Gandhinagar: A total of 265 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha general elections on 25 out of 26 parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat.
According to details announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI), a total of 433 candidates had filled the nomination forms for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat during the candidacy stage of the election. During the form verification process last Saturday, the ECI recognized 328 out of 433 candidates to contest the elections. Later, by 3 PM on Monday, 63 of these approved candidates had withdrawn their candidatures, leaving 266 candidates in the fray for polling on May 7th. However, on the Surat Lok Sabha seat, BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal was declared elected unopposed after the nomination of the Congress candidate was rejected, and all other candidates withdrew their nominations.
