The last day of filing nominations for February 4 elections in Punjab witnessed whopping 1,040 candidates, including Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu, comedian-turned-politician Bhagwant Mann, among others making their bid taking the total tally to 1,941.
Till Tuesday, 901 candidates have filed their papers for elections to 117-member Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
Among districts, ludhiana had the maximum 222 nominations filed while the lowest of 37 were filed in Fatehgarh Sahib district.
For bypoll to Amritsar parliamentary constituency which will be held the same day of assembly elections, total 15 nominations were filed.
“The scrutiny of papers would be done on January 19, while January 21 has been fixed for name withdrawals,” said an official spokesperson of the Chief Electoral Office.
Giving details of the papers filed for different districts, spokesperson said that total 196 candidates have filed nominations in Amritsar district, in Barnala 44 , Bathinda 110, Faridkot 41, Fazilka 67, Fatehgarh Sahib 37, Ferozepur 70, Gurdaspur 106, Hoshiarpur 119, Jallandhar 146, Kapurthala 76, ludhiana 222, Mansa 48, Moga 61, Mohali 69, Muktsar 68, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar 45, Patiala 148, Pathankot 58, Rupnagar 41, Sangrur 115 and Tarn Taran total 55 candidates filed the nomination papers.