11 nominations filed, none for by-poll of Payal, Jagraon MC wards
Ludhiana, February 8, 2018: The process of filing nominations for Municipal Corporation Elections started on Thursday with 11 persons filed their nominations on the very first day.
Ludhiana MC has 95 wards. The polling would be held on February 24 and the results would be announced on February 27.
However, no nomination was filed for elections in Payal and Jagraon Municipal Councils.
Additional District Electoral Officer-Cum-Additional Deputy Commissioner, Neeru Katyal said that on the first day, one nomination was filed each for the ward-numbers-2, 16, 22,40,44,90 and 93 while two nominations were received each for the wards numbers 27 and 59.
She said that the nomination filing process with regard to these elections can be filed till February 13. No nomination would be received on February 10 and 11 due to government holidays.
The nomination papers would be scrutinized on February 15. The date of withdrawing the nominations would be February 16 and on the same day, election symbols would be allotted.
In Municipal Corporation Ludhiana, around 10.50 lakh voters would cast their votes to elect their representatives from 95 wards out of which 5.67 are male, 4.82 lakh are female while 23 belong to the third gender.
The voting would for the ward number-17 in Jagraon Municipal Council and ward number-5 in Payal Municipal Council would be held on February 24.