Hyderabad, Oct 22 (IANS) As many as 211 candidates have filed their nominations for the November 11 bypoll to the Jubilee Hills Assembly seat here, poll officials said on Wednesday.

On Tuesday (October 21), the last day of filing nominations, 117 candidates filed their papers. According to Returning Officer P. Sairam, 117 candidates filed 194 nomination papers on the seventh and the last day.

In an unprecedented development, candidates filed their nominations till midnight. A large number of candidates, including farmers affected by the Regional Ring Road (RRR) project, residents whose homes were allegedly demolished by HYDRAA, farmers and unemployed youth filed nominations.

These groups entered the fray to register their protest against the government over different issues.

Though the

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