State Vision News Service Jammu, Sept. 12 In 40 Assembly Constituencies ACs spread across seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir that will be polled in the third and final round of the J K Assembly Election 2024, as many as 483 candidates have submitted their nomination papers. The deadline for submitting nomination forms for the third round of the assembly election, which is set for October 1, 2024, was this Thursday. For the third round of the upcoming Assembly Election 2024, 483 candidates have submitted 518 nomination papers, according to a statement from the Chief Electoral Officer s office. A total of 122 candidates have filed their nominations in Jammu district, followed by 111 in Baramulla district, 80 in Kupwara district, 50 in Bandipora district, 47 in Kathua district, 40 in Udhampur district, while 33 candidates have filed nominations in Samba district. In Jammu division, for the four ACs in Udhampur district, a total of 13 candidates have filed nomination from 59 Udhampur West AC; 11 from 60 Udhampur East AC; 9 from 61 Chenani AC; while 7 candidates have filed nomination from 62 Ramnagar SC AC. For the six ACs in Kathua district, 9 candidates have filed nomination from 63 Bani AC; 5 from 64 Billawar AC; 7 from 65 Basohli AC; 10 from 66 Jasrota AC; 6 from 67 Kathua SC AC; while 10 candidates have filed nomination from 68 Hiranagar AC.
In Samba district, 7 candidates have filed nomination from 69 Ramgarh SC AC; 15 from 70 Samba AC; while 11 candidates have filed nomination from 71 Vijaypur AC. For the eleven ACs in Jammu district, a total of 13 candidates have filed nomination from 72 Bishnah SC AC; 14 from 73 Suchetgarh SC AC; 14 from 74 R.S. Pura Jammu South AC; 12 from 75 Bahu AC; 10 from 76 Jammu East AC; 8 from 77 Nagrota AC; 13 from 78 Jammu West AC; 17 from 79 Jammu North AC; 6 from 80 Marh SC AC; 5 from 81 Akhnoor SC AC; while 10 candidates have filed nomination from 82 Chhamb AC. Similarly, in Kashmir Division, for the six ACs in Kupwara district, a total of 12 candidates have filed nomination from 1 Karnah AC; 13 from 2 Trehgam AC; 9 from 3 Kupwara AC; 13 from 4 Lolab AC; 11 from 5 Handwara AC; while 22 candidates have filed nomination from 6 Langate AC. For the seven ACs in Baramulla Contd. on page 2