{"id":65018,"date":"2026-05-15T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=65018"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:38:09","slug":"45-nomination-papers-filed-on-third-day-for-municipal-elections-in-fazilka-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/45-nomination-papers-filed-on-third-day-for-municipal-elections-in-fazilka-district\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Nomination Papers Filed on Third Day for Municipal Elections in Fazilka District"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Voting to Be Held at 189 Polling Booths Across 86 Wards<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Fazilka News (May 15):<\/strong><\/span> District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner\u00a0Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu\u00a0informed that, as per the election schedule issued by the Punjab State Election Commission, a total of\u00a045 candidates filed their nomination papers on the third day\u00a0for the upcoming municipal elections scheduled for\u00a0May 26, 2026\u00a0in\u00a0Municipal Corporation Abohar, Municipal Council Fazilka, and Nagar Panchayat Arniwala.<\/h2>\n<h2>Providing further details, the District Election Officer said that\u00a010 nominations were filed in Fazilka, 26 in Abohar, and 9 in Arniwala.<\/h2>\n<h2>She added that nomination centers have been established at:<\/h2>\n<h2>SDM Office, Fazilka\u00a0for Fazilka candidates,<\/h2>\n<h2>SDM Office, Abohar\u00a0for Abohar candidates, and<\/h2>\n<h2>Community Hall, Arniwala\u00a0for Arniwala candidates.<\/h2>\n<h2>Nomination papers can be submitted until\u00a0May 16, 2026. Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on\u00a0May 18, while candidates can withdraw their nominations on\u00a0May 19.<\/h2>\n<h2>Polling will be conducted on\u00a0May 26 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and the counting of votes will be held on\u00a0May 29, 2026.<\/h2>\n<h2>The District Election Officer further informed that a total of\u00a0189 polling booths\u00a0have been set up across\u00a086 wards\u00a0for these elections. This includes:<\/h2>\n<h2>50 wards and 120 polling booths\u00a0in Municipal Corporation Abohar,<\/h2>\n<h2>25 wards and 58 polling booths\u00a0in Municipal Council Fazilka, and<\/h2>\n<h2>11 wards and 11 polling booths\u00a0in Nagar Panchayat Arniwala.<\/h2>\n<h2>A total of\u00a01,73,754 voters\u00a0will exercise their franchise in these elections, including\u00a091,474 male voters, 82,272 female voters, and 8 other voters.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting to Be Held at 189 Polling Booths Across 86 Wards Fazilka News (May 15): District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner\u00a0Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu\u00a0informed that, as per the election schedule issued by the Punjab State Election Commission, a total of\u00a045 candidates filed their nomination papers on the third day\u00a0for the upcoming municipal elections scheduled for\u00a0May 26, 2026\u00a0in\u00a0Municipal Corporation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-political-news","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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