Tamil Nadu: 950 candidates in fray for 39 LS seats

In Tamil Nadu's 39 Parliamentary constituencies, Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo declared on Saturday (March 30) that a total of 950 candidates are set to contest the Lok Sabha polls scheduled for April 19.

With the last date for withdrawal of candidature ending on Saturday, the CEO said 950 candidates, 874 men and 76 women, are in the fray. On the last date (March 30) for withdrawal of candidatures, 135 aspirants withdrew their nomination papers.

On March 28, the day of scrutiny of nominations, a total of 1,085 nominations were found to be valid.