When the scrutiny of nominations papers was over on Saturday, 87 candidates are left in the fray in the nine constituencies in the district.
Poonjar has the highest with 18 nominations while Kaduthuruthy has the lowest at seven.
Changanassery and Pala have 10 nominations each and Kottayam and Puthuppally nine each. There are eight nominations each in Ettumanur, Vaikom and Kanjirappally.
Altogether 104 nominations were filed in the nine constituencies in the district. According to District Collector Swagath Bhandari, 17 nominations were rejected on Saturday.
Chandy challenged
The nomination of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was challenged, as the LDF maintained that his declaration regarding ancestral property was wrong. The returning officer accepted both, the nominations and complaint. The UDF has raised complaints against LDF candidate Mani C. Kappan in Pala and P.C. George in Poonjar.
