With the Assembly election just a fortnight away, the battle lines have been drawn for the May 10 polls, with the deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers ending yesterday.
In Mysuru district, which has 11 Assembly segments, 143 candidates have remained in the fray after 29 candidates withdrew their nomination on Monday, the last date for withdrawal. The number of candidates who withdrew their nominations include 10 in Varuna, 5 in K.R. Nagar, 3 in T. Narasipur, 4 in NR, 2 each in Chamaraja and Hunsur and one each in Periyapatna, Chamundeshwari and KR Constituencies. However, no candidate withdrew nomination in H.D. Kote (ST) and Nanjangud (SC) Assembly segments. Barring one candidate of Indian New Congress party, all others who withdrew nomination papers in the district, were independent candidates.
