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432 nominations rejected in Haryana

By IANS,

Chandigarh : Of the 1,874 nominations filed for the Haryana assembly election, 432 nominations have been rejected during scrutiny Saturday, officials said.

“Nomination papers of 432 candidates, which mostly included Independent candidates, have been rejected due to one or the other reason. Nominations of remaining candidates were found in proper order,” said an official spokesperson of the election department here Saturday.

Friday was the last day for filing nominations for the 90 seats and Tuesday is the last day for withdrawing from the contest.

Election to the assembly takes place Oct 13 and counting of votes will take place Oct 22.

The Bhupinder Singh Hooda government last month recommended dissolution of the assembly seven months ahead of schedule and sought a fresh poll.

Hooda led the Congress to won nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the April-May elections this year.