Nominations for general elections to Lok Sabha-2014 From April 2

Ludhiana, April 1, 2014: District Ludhiana is all set for making nominations for General Elections to Lok Sabha-2014 being held on April 30 from tomorrow 11 am as the notification for Lok Sabha elections in the state would be issued on April 2.

Disclosing this here today, Rajat Aggarwal, District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner said that as per the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the state of Punjab the nominations could be filed from April 2 to 9 and the timings would be between 11 am to 3 pm. He said that the scrutiny of nominations would be on April 10 followed by withdrawl of candidature on April 11 & 12. He clarified that there would be no nominations on April 6 and 8, being public holidays. He said that the nomination papers were to be filed in Form 2 A and blank forms were available with District Election Officer/Returning Officers. Typed nomination paper would also be accepted provided they were in prescribed format.

He said that at the time of nomination only five persons could accompany the candidate in the office of Returning Officer and candidate cannot take more than three vehicles in the 100 meter radius of the said office.