No withdrawal of nominations; 15 in fray for Patiala and Talwandi Sabo by-election

Chandigarh, August 6, 2014: Today, on the last day fixed for withdrawal of candidature, no candidate from the both the assembly constituencies has come forward to withdraw his candidature and the same number of 15 candidates have been left in fray.
Disclosing the here today, V.K. Singh, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Punjab said that today was the last day for the withdrawal of candidature. He said that no report has been received from the Patiala and Talwandi Sabo assembly constituencies regarding the withdrawal of nomination papers by any of the candidate. He said that now, the same 8 candidates from Patiala assembly constituency, namely Bhagwan Dass (Shiromani Akali Dal), Preneet Kaur (Indian National Congress), Harjeet Singh (Aam Aadmi Party), Amrik Singh (New All India Congress Party), Mr. Ravi Kant (Hindusthan Nirman Dal), Balbir Singh (Independent), Balwinder Singh (Independent) and Rajinder Singh Pawar (Independent) and from Talwandi Sabo, the same 7 candidates namely Jeet Mohinder Singh (Shiromani Akali Dal), Harminder Singh Jassi (Indian National Congress), Baljinder Kaur (Aam Aadmi Party), Makhan Singh Premi (Punjab Labour Party), Balkar Singh (Independent), Balwinder Singh (Independent) and Bharpur Singh (Independent) have been left in the fray.
V.K. Singh said that Voting for the by-elections on both seats would be held on August 21 and counting on August 25, 2014