As many as 279 candidates have filed their nomination papers across 24 Assembly Constituencies of seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir which are going to the polling in the first phase of the J&K Assembly Election 2024.

Today was the last day of filing nomination papers for the first phase of the Assembly Election scheduled to be held on September 18, 2024.

According to the details provided by CEO J&K, a total of 72 candidates have filed their nominations in Anantnag district, followed by 55 in Pulwama district, 41 in Doda district, 32 in Kishtwar district, 28 in Shopian district, 28 in Kulgam district, while 23 candidates have filed nominations in Ramban district.

It may be mentioned that more than 23.27 lakh voters including 5.66 lakh youths are eligible to exercise their electoral franchise during the Phase-I of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election, scheduled to be held on 18 September 2024, of which 11.76 lakh are male voters and 11.51 lakh female voters along with 60 Third Gender Electors.

The Notification for Phase-I was issued on 20 August 2024 and the last date for filing the nominations for Phase-I was today, till 3:00 pm.

The nomination papers will be scrutinised by the respective Returning Officers tomorrow 28 August 2024, while the candidates can withdraw their nomination papers before 30 August 2024, 3:00 pm in the office of Returning Officer. Thereafter, validly nominated candidates will be in the electoral fray.