During scrutiny in Punjab, out of the total 1,941 nominations for the upcoming Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections to the 117 Constituencies, 1,243 nomination Papers were found valid while 695 papers were rejected. Three cases have been kept pending.
Disclosing this at Chandigarh an official spokesperson of the Chief Electoral Office said that after scrutiny of the papers, January 21, is the last date for the withdrawals. For Amritsar Lok Sabha seat Bye-Poll, out of the total 15 nominations filed, only 10 nomination papers were found valid while 5 were rejected.