<span style="color: #222222;">In Punjab, today is the last day for filing of nomination papers for the upcoming Panchayat polls. A total of 2,494 nominations have been filed so far for the post of sarpanch and 5,772 for panch in the state.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The state election commission said in Chandigarh yesterday that nomination papers would be scrutinised tomorrow while the date for withdrawal of nominations is Friday. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Polling for 13,276 panchayats in the state is scheduled to be held on December 30 and the counting of votes will be done on the same day.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Nearly 1.28 crore voters, including over 60 lakh women are eligible to cast their votes in this election. A total of 17,268 polling booths will be set up while 86,340 personnel deputed on the election duty.</span><br />