209 NOMINATIONS FILED ON FIFTH DAY IN PUNJAB: SIBIN C
May 14 is the last day for filing nominations: CEO
Chandigarh May 13: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Punjab Sibin C on Monday said that 209 nominations have been filed for the 13 Lok Sabha seats on the fifth day of nominations in the state.
Giving the further information, the CEO said that 29 nominations have been filed from Gurdaspur. These include Aam Aadmi Party candidate Amansher Singh Shery Kalsi and Dr Daljit Singh Cheema from the Shiromani Akali Dal.
21 nominations have been filed from Amritsar. These include Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal of the Aam Aadmi Party, Gurjeet Singh Aujla of the Indian National Congress and Vishal Sidhu of the Bahujan Samaj Party.
As many as 20 nominations have been filed from Khadoor Sahib, including Virsa Singh Valtoha of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Kulbir Singh Zira of the Indian National Congress and Laljit Singh Bhullar of the Aam Aadmi Party.
10 nominations have been filed from Jalandhar, including Pawan Kumar Tinu of the Aam Aadmi Party and Purshotam Lal of the CPI(M).
Eight nominations have been filed from Hoshiarpur. These include Sohan Singh of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Anita of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Ranjit Kumar of the Bahujan Samaj Party.
19 nomination have been filed from Anandpur Sahib. These include Vijay Inder Singla of the Indian National Congress.
Likewise, 19 nominations have been filed from Ludhiana. These include Amrinder Singh Raja Warring of the Indian National Congress, Ranjit Singh Dhillon of the Shiromani Akali Dal and Ashok Prashar Pappi of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Six candidates have filed their nomination papers from Fatehgarh Sahib. These include Bikramjit Singh from the Shiromani Akali Dal.
Eight nominations have been filed from Faridkot. These include Amarjit Kaur from the Indian National Congress.
As many as 14 nomination have been filed from Bathinda, including Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal and Parampal Kaur Sidhu of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Similarly, 16 nominations have been filed from Sangrur, including Gurmeet Singh Hayer of the Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Khanna of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Iqbal Singh Jhundan of Shiromani Akali Dal and Simranjit Singh Mann of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).
21 nomination have been filed from Patiala, including Preneet Kaur of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Balbir Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party.
18 nomination have been filed from Ferozepur. These include Sher Singh of the Indian National Congress, Surinder Kamboj of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Jagdeep Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party and Gurmeet Singh Sodhi of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
CEO Sibin C said that May 14 is the last day for filing nominations, while scrutiny of papers will be done on May 15 and withdrawal of nominations will take place on May 17.
