About 1,320 candidates are contesting the 41 seats in the Highlands region.
Among them were 49 females.
Eight hundred and eighteen of these candidates are contesting as independent while 502 were affiliated to a party.
Eastern Highlands Province tops the list of candidates contesting with 396, followed by Chimbu (320), Enga (162), Jiwaka (136), Southern Highlands (117), Western Highlands (117) and Hela (92).
The lowest number of candidates contesting is from Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s electorate.
It has only 10 candidates putting their hand up to challenge the Prime Minister and leader of the People’s National Congress party.
On the other hand, Opposition leader Don Polye’s electorate have 31 candidates contesting for the seat.
Polye and O’Neill have been involved in a war of words recently on who will form the new government.
Meanwhile, campaign the period will end on June 23 and polling will begin the next day.
Polling will be for two weeks.