Agartala , Mar 20, 2024, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, March 20: With the commencement of filing of nominations papers for the West parliamentary Lok Sabha elections, an independent candidate from Shantirbazar subdivision in South Tripura district submitted his nomination with the DEO and DM of West Tripura district Dr Vishal Kumar on Wednesday.

Briefing the media regarding nomination submitted on Wednesday, DEO Dr Vishal Kumar said that the independent candidate – Milan Padmura Singh of Patichari under Shantirbazar subdivision has filed his nomination. The nomination papers will be scrutinised till March 28 and candidates will be allowed to withdraw their candidature till March 30.

The DEO informed that the filing of nomination papers for the West Parliamentary Lok Sabha elections will continue till March 27.

For the East Tripura constituency, a notification will be issued on March 28 and candidates can submit nominations till April 4. The nomination papers will be scrutinized by April 8.

The elections for the West parliamentary constituency is scheduled to be held in Phase 1 on April 19 next and the elections for the East constituency will be held in Phase 2 on April 26, while the counting of votes will be held on June 4.