A total of 1521 nominations have been filed for the assembly elections on 70 constituencies of Delhi, scheduled to be held on February 5, as per the Election Commission of India.
These nomination papers have been filed by 981 candidates for 70 seats of the Delhi Assembly, said the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi.
The scrutiny for these nomination papers will be done today and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is January 20.
According to the Election Commission of India, a total of 680 nomination papers were filed on the last date of filing nominations, January 17.
As per the ECI, the maximum number of nomination papers have been filed in the New Delhi Assembly Constituency and a total of 29 candidates have filed 40 nomination papers for this seat.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is contesting elections from the New Delhi seat against the sons of two former Delhi CMs, i.e, BJP's Parvesh Verma (son of Sahib Singh Verma) and Congress' Sandeep Dikshit (son of Sheila Dikshit).
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