Elections to 5 Punjab municipal corporations, 44 councils to be held on Dec 21

Punjab will hold elections to five municipal corporations, 44 municipal councils, and by-elections to urban civic bodies on December 21. Nominations open on Monday and close on December 12, said State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhuri. The five MCs that go to the polls are Amritsar, Jalandhar, Phagwara, Ludhiana and Patiala. Unlike the panchayat polls, these elections will use EVMs.