As many as 226 candidates had been submitted on the last day, Punjab Chief Election Officer Shivin C. Justin announced.
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Shibin C said 226 candidates were filed on Tuesday, the last day to submit candidates for 13 seats in the state, and the number of candidates was increased from May 7 to May 14. It was announced that the total number of participants was 598.
Most of the candidates who submitted their nominations on the final day were independents. Shibin C said nomination papers will be scrutinized on Wednesday and candidates have until Friday, May 17 to withdraw their nominations. Thirteen seats in Punjab will go to polls on June 1 in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Nominations submitted on May 14th
Gurdaspur: 15
Amritsar: 18 people including Emaan Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal.
Khadoor Sahib: 15 people including Harpal Singh of SAD.
Jalandhar: 18 people including Sarabjit Singh of SAD.
Hoshiarpur: 10 people including Jaswant Singh of SAD.
Anandpur Sahib: twenty three
Ludhiana: 31
Fatehgarh Sahib: 17 people including Congress’s Amar Singh and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Geja Ram.
Faridkot: 16 people including AAP’s Karamjit Singh Anmol.
Ferozepur: 19
Bathinda: 17
Sangur: 15
Patiala: 12
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Originally uploaded to: May 15, 2024, 11:19 IST
