Bharatiya Janata Party's Santosh Gangwar is the incumbent Bareilly MP and has won the seat eight times. But the BJP this time has replaced him with Chhatrapal Gangwar as its candidate, while the other key contender is Praveen Singh Aron of the Samajwadi Party
UP Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said that in the third phase, a total of 182 candidates filed nominations for 10 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state.
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Lucknow, Apr 20 (PTI) The nomination papers of 104 candidates were found valid during scrutiny on Saturday, while the nomination papers of 78 candidates were rejected for the elections to be held in 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in the third phase in Uttar Pradesh, a senior official of the Election Commission said.