Ten candidates were left in the fray for the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir after four nomination papers were rejected during the process of scrutiny on Tuesday.
"The nomination papers of four candidates for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat were rejected during scrutiny today," an election department official said.
The nomination papers of independent candidates Abdul Majeed Bhat, Syed Muzaffar Ali, Mohammad Abdullah Chatwal and Syed Aamir Sohail were rejected on several grounds, he said.
Those of Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference's Raja Aijaz Ali, People's Democratic Party's Abdul Quyoom Wani, National Conference's Mohammad Akbar Lone, Bharatiya Janta Party's Maqbool War, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party's Jahangir Khan, Indian National Congress's Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir were accepted, the official said.
The remaining four are Syed Najeeb Shah Naqvi, Abdul Rasheed Shaheen, Javeed Ahmad Qureshi and Abdul Rasheed Shiekh, all independents, he said.
The last date for withdrawal of candidature is March 28.
Voting will be held in Baramulla in first of the five-phased polling in Jammu and Kashmir on April 11. The results will be announced on May 23.