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A full of 5,278 candidates volition vie for positions successful the upcoming section assemblage elections successful Kottayam district, including 2,821 women and 2,457 men. The breakdown crossed the antithetic tiers is arsenic follows: 83 candidates successful the 23 territory panchayat divisions, 489 candidates crossed the 11 artifact panchayats, 4,029 candidates successful the 71 grama panchayats, and 677 candidates successful the six municipalities.
Women candidates person made a beardown showing this clip with 47 women contesting successful the territory panchayat, 237 successful the artifact panchayats, 358 successful the municipalities, and 2,179 successful the grama panchayats.
Among the territory panchayat divisions, Kaduthuruthy, Vakathanam, and Chirakkadavu person the highest fig of contestants, with 5 candidates each. In the artifact panchayats, Kanjirappally leads with 47 candidates, portion successful the grama panchayats, Kanjirappally again tops the database with 87 candidates, intimately followed by Panachikkad with 86 candidates.
Compared to the past section assemblage elections, the full fig of candidates has fallen by 154, adjacent arsenic the fig of wards has risen by 98.
In the 2020 elections, the grama panchayats successful Kottayam had 4,118 candidates, including 1,140 women, portion the artifact panchayats had 491 candidates, with 146 women. The territory panchayat past had 82 candidates, including conscionable 22 women, and the six municipalities had 734 candidates, with 204 women.
