<span style="color: #222222;">The poll process for Assembly Elections in Punjab started today with the issuance of the notification regarding nominations.<br />''<br />''Chief Electoral Officer Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju said that as per the data available on the encore software only 12 nominations were filed in the State till 6 pm on the first day of filing nominations. Manpreet Ayali of Shiromani Akali Dal and  Devinder Singh of Aam Lok Party United filed their nomination papers from Mullanpur Dakha and Darshan Singh Shivalik of SAD filed his nomination papers for Gill constituency at Ludhiana. Ayali's brother Harkinder Singh filed his nomination papers as his covering candidate while Paramjit Kaur Shivalik, wife of Darshan Singh Shivalik filed her nomination papers as covering candidate. Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon filed his nomination papers at Faridkot</span><br />