As of 11 a.m. on Saturday, 3,562 papers were accepted
Out of the 7,243 nominations received in all 234 assembly constituencies till Friday, election officials accepted 3,562 nominations and rejected 2,131 during the scrutiny till 11 pm on Saturday.
Among them, 6,166 nominations were received from men, 1,067 from women, and three from members of the third gender.
The nominations of almost all the major candidates have been accepted. In the case of multiple nominations, a valid nomination was accepted and the remainder was rejected. For the 2016 assembly election, 6,627 sets of nominations were received. Of them, 2,577 were dismissed. 322 people withdrew their nominations, 3,728 candidates contested. For the by-election for Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency, 23 sets of nominations which were received, 11 were accepted and three were rejected. The investigation was going on till late evening.
March 22 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations.
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