According to election commission statistics as many as 6472 candidates had filed their nominations till this evening. Of these 5751 were male, 719 female and two from the third gender,
Filing of nominations started on April 22, 2016. Top leaders like AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, DMK President M Karunanidhi, DMDK founder Vijayakant, PMK's Chief Ministerial candidate Anbumani Ramadoss and DMK Treasurer MK Stalin have filed their papers.
Polling will be held on May 16.
Tamil Nadu is witnessing a multi-cornered fight for the 234 Assembly segments, with the AIADMK and DMK being the main contenders even as DMDK-PWF-TMC combine and the PMK are also fancying good show.
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