India, April 3 -- Over 75 candidates of Indian origin, a record number, will be vying to enter the House of Commons in the 2025 Federal election. That number could rise further as Federal parties have not yet declared all their nominations for the April 28 poll.

According to details of the nominations already announced, the ruling Liberal Party will have at least 17 Indo-Canadian candidates, the principal opposition Conservatives 27 or more. Other candidates will be from the New Democratic Party, which has 10 at this time, the People's Party of Canada with eight, the Green Party with one and a couple of prominent independents.

Over 50 of the candidates, more than two-third, have roots in Punjab. A large number of them, nearly 50, will m...