THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the last date for withdrawing nominations ended on Monday, 6,402 candidates emerged in the final list published in the district for local body elections. Of these, 3,329 are women candidates and 3,073 are men. 4710 persons will contest in gram panchayat wards; of these 2,464 are women and 2,246 are men.
Five-hundred twenty-seven candidates, including 266 women and 257 men, will contest in elections to block panchayats in the district. Ninety-seven candidates will contest in district panchayat of which 46 are women and 51 are men.
556 candidates are in fray for election to city corporation. These include 278 women and an equal number of men. 516 candidates will contest in election to four municipalities and the list includes 274 women and 242 men.
With the list being finalised, symbols were allotted to all the candidates.