Lok Sabha Election 2019 LIVE Updates: ‘I hereby declare,’ affidavits of key candidates

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 LIVE: Congress president Rahul Gandhi his affidavit declared assets worth Rs 15.88 crore, Rs 6.48 crore more than in 2014.

By: Express Web Desk
New Delhi | Updated: April 10, 2019 01:27 PM IST

The voting will begin on April 11 and will be held over seven phases.

With less than two days to go for the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections 2019, many key candidates have filed their nominations and declared assets in their affidavits.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi who has already filed his nomination for his second seat in Wayanad will file nomination for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. The Congress chief has been representing the constituency for the past 15 years will face Smriti Irani of the BJP. Gandhi in his affidavit declared assets worth Rs 15.88 crore, Rs 6.48 crore more than in 2014.

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Meanwhile, Irani will file her nomination papers for the Lok Sabha polls on April 11. She also took a dig at him saying the Congress chief’s decision to contest from Kerala’s constituency was an insult to Amethi, from where he is a sitting MP.

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi who has already filed his nomination for his second seat in Wayanad will file nomination for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Follow LIVE

13:27 (IST)10 Apr 2019

Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Amethi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, with his mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi and brother-in-law Robert Vadra by his side. He held a roadshow from Munshiganj-Darpipur to Gauriganj before filing the nomination. Rahul is also scheduled to hold two rallies in Bihar and West Bengal. The party leader declared his assets worth Rs 15.88 crore.

17:43 (IST)09 Apr 2019

Mulayam Singh Yadav to contest from Mainpuri

SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is contesting the upcoming elections from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. He has declared his assets worth as Rs 20.54 crore.

17:05 (IST)09 Apr 2019

Amit Shah declares assets worth Rs 30.81 crore

BJP president Amit Shah contesting from Gandhinagar declared his assets worth Rs 30.81 crore.

The sitting NCP MP Supriya Sule will be contesting in Baramati parliamentary constituency, Maharashtra. She declared her assets worth Rs 140.88 core.

16:16 (IST)09 Apr 2019

NCP Supriya Sule to contest from Baramati, Maharashtra

The sitting NCP MP Supriya Sule will be contesting in Baramati parliamentary constituency, Maharashtra. She declared her assets worth Rs 140.88 core.

15:26 (IST)09 Apr 2019

Rahul Gandhi declares assets worth Rs 15.88 crore

The Congress on March 31 announced that party chief Rahul Gandhi will be contesting from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala in addition to his Amethi constituency. The party leader declared his assets worth Rs 15.88 crore.

14:15 (IST)09 Apr 2019

Urmila Matondkar will contest from Mumbai North

The Congress on Friday nominated actress Urmila Matondkar from Mumbai North. The actress turned politician declared assests worth Rs 68.28 crore in her election affidavit.

14:05 (IST)09 Apr 2019

SP's Dimple Yadav declares assets worth Rs 37.78 crore

Samajwadi Party candidate and sitting MP Dimple Yadav Saturday filed her nomination papers for the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in the presence of her husband and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and BSP general secretary Satish Misra. Dimple Yadav, a two-time lawmaker from Kannauj, who has represented the Lok Sabha seat since 2012 when it was vacated by her husband after he became the chief minister, claimed that the victory margin will be "bigger" this time with the SP and the BSP entering into an alliance for the polls.

The 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be held for 543 seats on nearly 10 lakh polling booths across the country. The voting will begin on April 11 and will be held over seven phases.

While 22 states and Union Territories will see single-phase polling in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal will see polling in all seven phases.

Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha will see elections in four phases, Assam and Chhattisgarh in three phases, and Karnataka, Manipur, Tripura and Rajasthan in two phases.

The Election Commission recently announced that the total electorate registered is approximately 900 million, an increase of more than 84 million voters over the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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