A total of 217 candidates submitted their papers on Thursday, the last day of filing nominations for the Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation elections, taking the total number of candidates to 286.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development)-cum-Additional District Election Officer Nikas Kumar said the scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted by the returning officers concerned on June 26.
Nikas Kumar said polling for all 50 wards of the MC will be held on July 5.
