Chennai, Sep 16 (PTI) Filing of nominations for the October 6 by-polls to Madurantakam and Dharapuram reserved constituencies ended on Wednesday with a total of 60 candidates, including from ruling TVK and opposition DMK, submitting their papers.
The by-polls in Tamil Nadu are set to witness an interesting five-corner contest with the Left parties announcing their candidates for the two constituencies.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer web portal, in Madurantakam as many as 40 (28 male and 12 female) candidates have filed their nominations while in Dharapuram a total of 20 (10 male and 10 female) have filed their papers.
However, EC sources said that scrutiny of nominations will begin on Thursday and the final figure of the candidates in the fray
would be known thereafter.
This will be the first electoral battle in the state after C Joseph Vijay-led TVK formed its maiden government with the help of allies after winning the April 23 Assembly polls.
TVK founder and CM Vijay nominated former AIADMK MLAs K Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama from Maduranthakam and Dharapuram, respectively.
Both Kumaravel and Satyabama had won from the respective constituencies as AIADMK candidates in the April 23 polls, before resigning as legislators and joining the ruling TVK later.
The DMK has nominated I Paranthaman for Madurantakam) and S Suganya for Dharapuram. The AIADMK, which heads the NDA, has already announced an all-women line-up, fielding former MLA Kanitha Sampath in Madurantakam, and K Bhanumathi in Dharapuram.
The CPI (M) and CPI announced that they would contest as an independent Left front, breaking away from traditional electoral coalitions, placing them in direct opposition to both the DMK and TVK. PTI SNR SNR ROH
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