Civic officials, however, said not a single nomination was formally filed on the first day.PMC has set up 15 election offices across its 41 wards to facilitate the process, while the PCMC established eight election offices at different locations across 32 wards for the distribution and acceptance of nomination forms.A senior PCMC official said ward numbers 9, 19, and 30 witnessed the highest response, with over 100 aspirants collecting nomination forms in each of these wards. The response in other wards remained comparatively low, with fewer than 100 forms collected on the first day.As per the schedule announced by the state election commission, nomination filing will continue until Dec 30, except on Dec 25 and 28, when the process will remain suspended due to holidays. Scrutiny of nominations will be held on Dec 31, and candidates will be allowed to withdraw their nominations until Jan 2.Political parties are yet to finalise their candidates, and sources said most aspirants are expected to formally file their nominations only after official declarations are made.
