Filing of nomination papers for Punjab polls to begin tomorrow

The process of filing of nomination papers by candidates of different political parties contesting the February 4 Assembly polls in Punjab will begin tomorrow.
The poll process will be notified tomorrow, an election office spokesman said here today.
Candidates can file their nomination papers from tomorrow up till January 18.
While scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on January 19, the withdrawal of candidature can be done till January 21.
The polling will take place in a single phase on February four, whereas the counting of votes will take place on March 11.
A high stake election will be held in the state where SAD-BJP will make an attempt to remain in power for the third term whereas Congress and new entrant Aam Aadmi Party will try to wrest power.

Punjab will witness a multi-cornered contest on all the 117 Assembly seats.

While Congress is going alone on 117 seats, ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and its ally BJP will contest on 94 and 23 seats respectively.
A new entrant to Punjab Assembly elections, AAP has fielded its candidates on 110 seats and it's ally Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) on seven.
Other political outfits in the fray include BSP, Apna Punjab Party (AAP), the Left comprising CPI and CPM, and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD-Amritsar).
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Meanwhile, the filing of nomination papers by candidates for by-polls to Amritsar Lok Sabha seat will also commence tomorrow, the election office spokesman said.

While the filing of nominations for the seat will be held till January 18, candidates can withdraw nomination papers till January 21.
The polling to Amritsar Lok Sabha seat will also held on February 4.
Amritsar Lok Sabha seat by-poll was necessitated after sitting MP and Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh resigned from it last year protesting Supreme Court verdict on Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) water favouring Haryana.