Chandigarh: With the last date for filing the nomination for 2017 assembly election coming to an end, a total of 1941 candidates filed nominations for 117 Assembly Constituencies in Punjab. As many as 1040 nominations were filed on the last day while earlier total 901 nominations were filed. Ludhiana had the maximum 222 nominations filed while lowest of 37 were filed in district Fatehgarh Sahib. Likewise, total 15 nominations were filed for the Amritsar Bye-poll.
An official spokesmen of the Chief Electoral Office Punjab reportedly said that the scrutiny of papers would be done on January 19 while January 21 has been fixed for name withdrawals.
Giving details of the papers filed for different districts, the spokesperson said that total 196 candidates have filed nominations in district Amritsar, Barnala 44 , Bathinda 110, Faridkot 41, Fazilka 67, Fatehgarh Sahib 37, Ferozepur 70, Gurdaspur 106, Hoshiarpur 119, Jallandhar 146, Kapurthala 76, Ludhiana 222, Mansa 48, Moga 61, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali 69, Muktsar 68, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar 45, Patiala 148, Pathankot 58, Rupnagar 41, Sangrur 115 and Tarntaran total 55 candidates filed the nomination papers.