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Election officials present said that 676 candidates had filed information papers for the April 9 Assembly polls successful the State erstwhile the deadline for submitting them ended astatine 3 p.m. connected Monday.
In all, 1,181 forms person been filed, counting aggregate forms submitted by immoderate of the candidates.
The information is based connected a 5 p.m. update from the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) and is apt to change.
A last representation of the candidates volition look aft the scrutiny of the information papers connected Tuesday (March 24).
As galore arsenic 335 candidates filed their papers (a full of 574 forms) connected Monday alone.
There were 957 candidates successful the fray successful the 140 constituencies for the 2021 Assembly elections successful the State.
Speaking astatine the merchandise of ‘Vottarivu,’ an predetermination booklet published by the Thiruvananthapuram portion of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Kerala CEO Rathan U. Kelkar sought the practice of voters to guarantee the highest elector turnout successful Kerala’s electoral past during the 2026 Assembly polls.
The purpose is to transverse the 85% turnout people this time, helium said.
