Punjab municipal polls on May 26: EC appoints PCS officers as general observers in 23 districts
A communique shared by state election commission reads that IAS/senior PCS officers has been appointed as general observers across 23 districts for smooth conduct of 105 civic body polls
The Punjab Election Commission has appointed IAS/senior PCS officers as general observers across the 23 districts of the state for the smooth conduct of 105 civic body polls. The communique shared by the state election commission reads that the move has been taken as an extra measure for the conduct of free, fear and peaceful elections.
The polling at eight municipal corporations, 76 municipal councils and 21 nagar panchayats in the state will be held on May 26.
The counting of votes will take place on May 29. The nomination process for candidates contesting the elections would begin on May 13 and continue till May 16. Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on May 18, while the last date for withdrawal of nominations has been fixed as May 19.
The name of the officials who have been appointed as general observers: Paramdeep Singh, PCS (Amritsar), (2) Parneet Shergill, IAS (Barnala) (3) Harsuhinder Pal Singh Brar, IAS (Bathinda), (4) Sukhpreet Singh Sidhu, PCS (Ferozepur), (5) Rubinderjit Singh Brar, IAS (Faridkot), (6) Rishabh Bansal, PCS (Fazilka), (7) Hargunjit Kaur, IAS (Fatehgarh Sahib), (8) Rakesh Kumar Popli, PCS (Gurdaspur), (9) Harjot Kaur, PCS (Hoshiarpur), (10) Paramvir Singh, IAS (Jalandhar), (11) Kanu Thind, PCS (Kapurthala/till 19.05.2026) and Senu Duggal, IAS (Kapurthala/from 24.05.2026 to 29.05.2026), (12) Baldeep Kaur, IAS (Ludhiana), (13) Nayan, PCS (Moga), (14) Amit Sareen, PCS (Mansa), (15) Parmod Singla, PCS (Malerkotla), (16) Amarbir Singh, PCS (Sri Muktsar Sahib), (17) Apneet Riyait, IAS (Patiala/till 19.05.2026) and Rishi Pal Singh, IAS (Patiala/from 24.05.2026 to 29.05.2026), (18) Amrinder Singh Tiwana, PCS (Pathankot), (19) Jagjit Singh, PCS (Roopnagar), (20) Amandeep Kaur, IAS (SBS Nagar), (21) Abhijeet Kaplish, IAS (Mohali), (22) Kamal Kumar Garg, IAS (Sangrur), (23) Vikas Hira, PCS (Tarn Taran).
