Voting will notably take place in the north-eastern state to elect two Lok Sabha MPs and 50 MLAs. There are 133 candidates in the fray for the assembly constituencies and 14 for Lok Sabha seats.
For six seats, 88 candidates are in the fray, including former Chief Minister Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath from Chhindwara and Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste from Mandla (ST).
A total of 88 candidates, including seven women candidates, are in the fray for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held on Friday in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Thursday.
The Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency of Tamil Nadu has set the stage for a triangular battle with candidates of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Bharatiya Janata Party and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the poll fray.
Exuding confidence in the win in the election, the independent candidate from the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, Dilip Pandit, said that he entered into the fray to ensure social justice for all.
Back with the BJP after briefly flirting with the ruling Congress, veteran leader Jagadish Shettar, who is in the fray for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, said he was confident of being elected to the Lower House of Parliament from the Belagavi district.
Signalling a rift in the INDIA bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, both the Samajwadi Party and Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) fielded candidatures for Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur Lok Sabha seat.
A total of 106 junior golfers from 16 countries, including 37 players from Malaysia, will be competing in the three-day tournament. The seven Indians in the fray are Ruslaan Alam Khan and Divjot Gupta in Boys 8 and Under; Jot Sarup Gupta in Boys 10 and Under; and three boys Arshvant Srivasta