More than 1,200 candidates are in fray in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir municipal polls, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shaleen Kabra said on Saturday.
Expressing satisfaction over the response, Kabra said, "For the first phase, the nomination process has ended and the list of contesting candidates is being finalised, while the process for the second phase is on and will end with the list of contesting candidates being finalised on October 1."
In the first phase on October 8, a total of 422 out of 1,145 wards across the state are going to polls, Kabra told reporters here. "For this phase, 1,473 nominations were filed and, after scrutiny, 1,441 nominations were declared valid. Subsequently, there were some withdrawals and 1,283 contestants are now in the fray..."
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