AMN / MUMBAI
AS MANY AS 116 candidates are left in the fray for seven Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra where polling to be held on 11th April. Prominent among them are Union ministers Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur and Hansraj Ahir from Chandrapur. A total of 184 candidates had filed papers for the first phase of elections out of which 147 declared valid. However, 31 candidates withdrew their nominations.