Jammu, Oct 20: Thirty-three candidates, including 13 independents and four women, filed their nomination papers from Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituencies, which are going to bypolls in Jammu and Kashmir next month, election officials said.

Monday was the last date for the filing of the nomination papers from the two assembly segments going to polls on November 11. The scrutiny of papers is scheduled for October 22 and withdrawal of candidatures for October 24.

The counting of votes will take place on November 14.

The Budgam seat fell vacant after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah retained Ganderbal — his family’s bastion — after winning both assembly seats, while a bye-election was necessitated in Nagrota by the demise of BJP legislator Devender Singh Rana on October 31 last year.

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