Varanasi: Two Bharatiya Janata Party supported candidates and one Samajwadi Party backed candidate are set to be elected unopposed in block chief election as the nomination process ended on Thursday and no other candidate filed paper against them.
According to district election officer, Kaushal Raj Sharma, nomination filing process for block chief election completed peacefully in all eight blocks by Thursday afternoon.
After the end of nomination hours, the DEO released the block wise list of candidates who filed their nomination. In Cholapur and Sevapuri blocks, only BJP supported Laxmina Devi and Rina Kumari filed their papers respectively. In Arajiline block only Nagina, SP candidate and wife of former MLA Mahendra, filed her paper.