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When the deadline for filing information papers for the 2025 section assemblage elections ended astatine 3 p.m. connected Friday, a small implicit 1.08 lakh candidates person filed their papers.
According to the accusation released by the State Election Commission astatine 8 p.m. connected Friday, 1,08,580 candidates person filed 1,64,427 information papers. Of the full number, 57,227 are pistillate candidates, 51,352 are antheral and one—in Thiruvananthapuram district—is a transgender candidate.
The information is not final, the committee said.
Kerala goes to the polls successful 2 phases connected December 9 and 11.
Malappuram saw the highest fig of candidates (13,595) filing their papers, followed by Thrissur (11,079), Palakkad (10,372) and Ernakulam (10,092). In all, 9,977 candidates filed their nominations successful Kozhikode, 8,625 successful Thiruvananthapuram, and 8,238 successful Kannur. The fig of candidates successful the different districts are—Kasaragod (4,374), Wayanad (3,180), Idukki (4,257), Kottayam (6,276), Alappuzha (7,210), Pathanamthitta (4,164) and Kollam (7,141).
The scrutiny of the papers volition beryllium held connected Saturday. November 24 (Monday) is the past day for withdrawing the nominations. Once these processes are over, the numbers volition travel down further.
The fig of full nominations filed this twelvemonth is little than that filed for the erstwhile elections successful 2020. For the 2020 polls, astir 1.7 lakh candidates had filed their nominations. After the scrutiny of the papers and the deadline for withdrawal, 74,899 candidates were successful the fray. In the last count, 38,593 antheral candidates, 36,305 pistillate candidates and 1 transgender idiosyncratic were successful the fray for the section assemblage elections successful the State which were held successful 3 phases connected December 8, 10 and 14.
