A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by Jawahar Kumar Jha, an independent candidate from Banka parliamentary constituency in Bihar, who claims that his nomination was "illegally and arbitrarily" cancelled by the Returning Officer in the ensuing Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.
S Damodaran, 62, who hails from Tiruchirappalli is contesting this election under the gas stove symbol, was seen seeking votes at the city's Gandhi Market from people and vegetable vendors.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has allotted 'slippers' as the election symbol to Pandit Keshav Dev, an independent candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
According to the official list of validly nominated candidates, the name of SP candidate Meera Yadav is not available in the list. A total of 14 candidates which includes BJP candidate VD Sharma, BSP candidate Kamlesh Kumar and 12 independent candidates are valid candidates to contest the po
In Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, a young tribal doctor named Prakash Kumar Gota, who lost three family members to Naxalite violence, has decided to contest the upcoming elections as an independent candidate.
After the sitting BJP's Kurseong MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma filed his nomination for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat as an independent candidate, Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from the Darjeeling constituency of West Bengal, Raju Bista Raju Bista termed it a "drama" and said that if he want
As the Lok Sabha election is approaching, one independent candidate from Dharmapuri Lok Sabha seat, K Padmarajan, is once again prepared to contest the polls for the 239th time.
The nomination of five parties including the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Naam Tamilar party and eight independent candidates were accepted by the election officer.
In a recent turn of results, ex-minister of state for interior Abdul Rehman Kanju, who was defeated by PTI-backed independent candidate Rana Faraz Noon, somehow stunned Noon with victory in the recount in NA-154 (Lodhran).
Sahibzada Hamid Raza, the chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), stated that former Prime Minister Imran Khan was the one who decided whether or not independent candidates supported by the PTI would join his party.