As the deadline to withdraw the nomination papers for the parliamentary election ended on Monday, 14 candidates remain in the fray in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.
Thomas Chazhikadan, the candidate fielded by the Kerala Congress (M), will contest under the party’s symbol, the two leaves. The United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate, K. Francis George, has been allotted the symbol ‘autorickshaw,’ while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate, Tushar Vellappally has been given the symbol ‘pot.’
Eight candidates are Independents.
