2,279 nominations for 117 seats in Punjab

 2,279 candidates have filed their nominations for the 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on Wednesday. After that the Election Commission will shortlist the eligible candidates. Nominations can be withdrawn till February 4. After this the final list of candidates will be released. Punjab recorded the highest number of 931 nominations on the last day. During the first 5 days, 1,348 candidates had filed their nominations. Prominent among them are Captain Amarinder Singh, Sukhbir Badal, Bhagwant Mann and Sidhu.

In Punjab, this veteran in the fray

Veterans are also in the fray in several seats in Punjab. Prakash Singh Badal, a five-time CM of Punjab, is contesting for the 6th time from Lambi. Former CM Captain Amarinder Singh is in the fray from Patiala. CM Charanjit Channi is contesting from Bhadaur seat besides Chamkaur Sahib. Navjot Sidhu is in the fray from Amritsar East and Aam Aadmi Party's CM face Bhagwant Mann Dhuri.

The most interesting seat amritsar east

The most interesting seat in Punjab is Amritsar East. From where veteran Akali leader Vikram Majithia is in the fray against Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Sidhu. Sidhu had challenged Majithia to fight against him. This was accepted by Majithia. After this, Sidhu again challenged that he should leave the Majitha seat and contest only from Amritsar East. Majithia fielded his wife Guniv Kaur from Majitha and announced to contest only from Amritsar East. Captain Amarinder Singh is also claiming to have defeated Sidhu from here.

First-time 5-way match

For the first time in Punjab, a 5-sided contest is taking place. Apart from the Congress, Akali Dal-BSP alliance, Aam Aadmi Party, BJP, Captain and Shiad Samyukta, farmers are also in the fray by forming a United Samaj Morcha. For this reason, no party has been given a majority in the recent opinion polls. Due to this, the election results of Punjab may be a fool this time.