As many as 559 contestants, including prominent leaders - Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Shiromani Akali Dal patron and a five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal filed their nomination papers for the 2022 Assembly elections in Punjab on Monday.
Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S. Karuna Raju said 559 nominations were filed on January 31 and with this, the total number of nominations filed has reached 1178.