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HYDERABAD: On the last day of filing of nominations a record 212 candidates filed their papers for 12 Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat on Friday. With this the total number of candidates filing nominations rose to 412 for 18 assembly constituencies with Tirupati topping the list with 45 nominations followed by Parkal (36) and Ramachandrapuram, Ongole and Allagadda (30) each. For Nellore Lok Sabha seat, a total of 19 candidates filed nominations including 10 on Friday, chief electoral officer Bhanwarlal said.Answering to a question, Bhanwarlal said if Jagan is arrested and if the ECI feels that the level playing field is disturbed and benefitting other parties, it would intervene and halt the polls.Bhanwarlal issued orders to the SPs of poll-bound districts to speed up execution of non-bailable warrants and take them into custody so that they would not harass the innocent people .He said there are reports from Nellore that one offender, who is involved in a rape case, is threatening the people there to vote for a particular party. The CEO directed the police to arrest him immediately.
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