Battle lines are finally drawn for ludhiana civic body polls, slated for February 24, with as many as 494 candidates left in fray after 253 decided to withdrew their candidatures on Friday.
The State Election Commission allotted poll symbols to all the candidates on Friday —the scheduled for withdrawal of nominations and allotment of symbols.
Maximum number of candidates, total 17, in the electoral arena is from ward-31.
A total of 754 nominations filed for ludhiana Municipal Corporation Elections and after scrutiny, six nomination papers of the candidates were rejected and one of the candidates from ward number-41 had filed nominations twice due to which 747 candidates remained in the contest.
Additional District Electoral Officer-cum-Additional Deputy Commissioner Neeru Katyal said that in Municipal Corporation ludhiana, around 10.50 lakh voters would cast their votes to elect their representatives from 95 wards out of which 5.67 are male, 4.82 lakh are female while 23 belong to the third gender.
ludhiana MC has 95 wards. The polling would be held on February 24 and the results would be announced on February 27.
Meanwhile, taking a strict disciplinary action against those candidates who were found to be opposing the party candidates in certain wards of ludhiana during the ensuing civic polls, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Friday expelled six leaders from the party.