As many as 4,610 candidates are in fray in the high-stakes battle for 234 Assembly constituencies in the April 23 Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu following scrutiny.

A total of 529 candidates withdrew from the race, the election commission said on Friday.

A total of 7,599 candidates, including independents, filed their nomination papers, and 2,460 of them were rejected.

In the Kolathur constituency in Chennai, where Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin is contesting, the EC has accepted the nominations of 41 candidates, and in Chepuak-Thiruvallikeni constituency, from where Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin is contesting for the second consecutive term, 26 candidates are in the fray.

In the Edappadi constituency from where AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami is contesting, 15 persons are in the fray.

The nominations of 47 candidates have been accepted in the Perambur seat in Chennai, and 27 candidates are in the fray in Tiruchirappalli East. Actor-politician Vijay is contesting in both constituencies in his electoral debut.