Chandigarh: After scrutinizing the nomination papers filed for 13276 gram panchayats of the State, total 42,233 nomination papers of Sarpanch candidates and 1,44,662 Panch candidates have been found valid.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the State Election Commission said that total 49,261 nominations were filed for the Sarpanch candidates for 13,276 panchayats in the state, out of which 3,128 nomination papers were rejected due to various flaws and errors.
He further said that total 1,65,453 nomination papers were received for the Panch candidates, out of which 8,296 nominations have been rejected.