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The Hindu Bureau

In all, 358 candidates file nominations for April 26 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka

Tejasvi Surya, BJP candidate for Bengaluru South constituency at a rally before filing his nomination paper at Jayanagar in Bengaluru on Thursday, April 4. (Source: BHAGYA PRAKASH K.)

Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, his brother-in-law and cardiologist C.N. Manjunath, and Tejasvi Surya, incumbent Bengaluru South MP, were prominent among the 183 candidates who filed 224 sets of papers on Thursday, April 4, the last day for filing nominations for the first of the two-phase Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, on April 26.

Overall, 358 candidates including 25 women have filed 492 sets of nominations since March 28, when filing of papers began in Karnataka. Of the 492 nominations, 211 papers have been filed by Independents and 161 by Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPP). Scrutiny of nominations will be done on April 5 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 8.

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