Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) elections will be held on July 12. The members of the association will elect the President, Vice President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasurer for three years. Along with this, 11 members of the main committee (Apex Council) of the association will also be elected. In this, 7 members will be selected from the District Cricket Associations, 3 members from the category of Life Member and 1 member from club, college or any institution. The nomination process will start from July 3.
In these elections to be held at the South Pavilion of Maharaja Yadavindra Cricket Stadium in Mullapur, the office bearers will be selected by secret ballot. Under Rule 3, only ‘Category-A’ members will be eligible to contest the elections. According to the records, there are a total of 402 members in this category, which includes many senior officials, police officers and journalists.
This election announcement has been made eight days after the association secretary, Dilsher Khanna publicly resigned on June 18. All election activities will take place in the PCA Hall built on Level-1 of the South Pavilion of the Maharaja Yadavindra Cricket Stadium in Mohali.
The current President is Amarjit Singh Mehta, Vice President Preet Mohinder Banga, Secretary Dilsher Singh who resigned a few days ago, Joint Secretary Sunil Gupta.
Model Code of Conduct implemented
The Model Code of Conduct came into force as soon as the notification of elections was issued by the PCA. According to sources, this time the selection of candidates for all the posts can be done without voting i.e. unopposed. However, the officials have not confirmed it.
The PCA has appointed former State Election Commissioner of Punjab Rajeev Sharma as the Election Officer for this time’s elections. The elections will be held as per the constitution of the PCA and the rules amended on 20 November 2022.
According to the records of the PCA, this time the number of ‘Category-A’ members has increased significantly. While this number was 249 in the election notification of 2022 and 2023, this number has increased to 402 in the 2025 list. These include many well-known and influential people.