Summary:
Trichy: In all, 139 candidates will face the electorate in the Lok Sabha elections to six constituencies in the central region. AMMK candidate T Sengodi was also one of the independents.Mayiladuthurai constituency came second to Karur constituency in terms of number of candidates. As per the final list, a total of 27 candidates were contestants here though the key battle was between DMK candidate S Ramalingam and AIADMK’s S Aasaimani. This was revealed with the finalization of candidates on the last day of withdrawal of nominations.Of the 24 candidates in the fray in Trichy, Congress candidate S Thirunavukkarasar, DMDK candidate Dr V Elangovan and AMMK (independent) candidate Sarubala Thondaiman were the top three contestants. A woman independent candidate withdrew her nomination on Friday..