After scrutiny on Saturday, a total of 158 nominations were accepted and 62 were rejected in all the eight assembly constituencies of Erode district.
A total of 229 nominations were received in all the constituencies from March 12 to March 19 and scrutinized by the concerned Returning Officers in the presence of representatives of recognized political parties and independent candidates.
After investigation, 158 papers were accepted and 62 were rejected. Since none of the nine candidates were found to be valid papers during the investigation, their names were also left in the rejection list.
The main reason for rejection was due to acceptance of primary candidate papers. The nominations accepted in each assembly constituency were: Erode (East) – 21, Erode (West) – 18, Modakkurichi – 18, Perundurai – 26, Bhavani – 23, Anthiyur – 22, Gobichettippal 22 and Bhawanisagar (Reserved) – Eight . The papers have been allowed to be withdrawn till 3 pm on 22 March, after which the symbols will be allotted.
The final list of candidates will be announced on the same day.
Salem / Namakkal
After scrutiny of nominations in Salem and Namakkal, repeated nominations and nominations of substitute candidates were rejected.
In Kumarapalam, after investigation, 35 papers were accepted and 10 were rejected. In Senthamangalam, 17 papers were accepted and four were rejected.
In Tiruchengode, 40 nominations were received till Friday and nominations of three candidates were rejected.
In the Salem South constituency, nine of the 39 nominations received were rejected and 30 were accepted. 12 of them were independents.
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