Chandigarh: The Election Commission of India has announced the election schedule for Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections on January 8, 2022 and January 17, 2022.
Disclosing this here today Dr. S Karuna Raju said that as per schedule announced the filing of nomination papers for the upcoming Vidhan Sabha 2022 elections would start with issuance of notification on January 25th, 2022 (Tuesday) and would continue till February 1st, 2022 (Tuesday). The scrutiny of the nominations would be done on February 2, 2022 (Wednesday) and the last date of withdrawal of candidature would be February 4th, 2022 (Friday).
The nominations for the upcoming elections would be filed in the office of respective returning officers from 11 am to 3 pm from January 25 to February 1, 2022.
He said that the nominations papers are to be filed in FORM 2B. Blank forms are available with the respective Returning Officer. Typed nomination papers will also be accepted provided they are in the prescribed format.