Face2News/Chandigarh
On the first day of filing of nominations for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, 15 nominations have been filed by 13 candidates for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C said no candidate had filed nomination papers for the Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Bathinda Lok Sabha seats on May 7. One nomination each has been filed from Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Faridkot and Sangrur.
The highest number of five nominations have been filed from Ferozepur as 2 candidates have filled two forms each. Three nominations have been filed from Patiala.
The Chief Electoral Officer said that an independent candidate has filed his nomination from Gurdaspur. Similarly, a candidate of Communist Party of India from Amritsar, Aas Punjab Party candidate from Khadoor Sahib, one independent candidate from Hoshiarpur, Punjab National Party candidate from Anandpur Sahib, one independent from Faridkot and Punjab National Party candidate from Sangrur have filed their nomination papers.
Similarly, two independents and one Bharatiya Jawan Kisan Party candidate have filed their nomination papers from Patiala.
Two candidates have filed two nominations each from Ferozepur while, an independent candidate has also filed his nomination papers.
