923 candidates in fray in Delhi polls

January 22, 2015 00:35

Over 920 candidates are in the fray for the February 7 big-ticket Delhi assembly elections which include BJP's chief ministerial nominee Kiran Bedi, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Ajay Maken, who filed their nominations today.

While Bedi will contest from BJP stronghold of Krishna Nagar in east Delhi, Kejriwal will seek re-election from the prestigious New Delhi constituency where he had defeated three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit by a record over 22,000 votes last time.

"923 candidates, including Independents, have filed their nomination papers for the upcoming Assembly elections," said a senior official at the Delhi chief electoral officer's office.

While the total number of nominations filed was 1404, over 250 Independents also filed their nominations. Some of them filed more than one nomination.

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