A total of 120 candidates – 23 in Palani, 15 in Oddanchatram, 19 in Athoor, 14 in Nilakottai, 19 in Natham, 15 in Dindigul and 15 in Vedasandur – are in the fray in the district.
In Dindigul, A. Manoharan (BSP), C. Sreenivasan (AIADMK), Thirumalai Balaji (BJP), M. Basheer Ahmad (DMK), N. Pandi (CPI(M)), M. Ganesan (Naam Tamilar Katchi), R. Parasuraman (PMK), C.K. Balani (Shiv Sena) and seven Independents are in the fray.
In Nilakottai, the prominent contestants are R. Azhagumani (BJP), M. Anbalagan (DMK), Saravana Kumar (BSP), R. Thangadurai (AIADMK), K. Ramasamy (DMDK), A. Sangili Pandian (Naam Thamilar Katchi) and V. Rajendran (AIFB).
In Oddanchatram, M. Arumugam (NCP), K. Kittusamy (AIADMK), R. Sakkarapani (DMK), K. Santhanam (CPI), S.K. Palanisamy (BJP), P. Arulanandhan (Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi), K Shanmgam (PMK), K. Selvakumar (Naam Tamilar Katchi) among others are in the fray.
In Natham, the final list of candidates includes M.A. Andi Ambalam (DMK), A.K.M.G. Karthikeyan (DMDK), Krishnamurthy (BSP), S. Shajahan (AIADMK), Sivasankaran (Naam Tamilar Katchi) and Seerangan (PMK).
The prominent candidates contesting from Palani are I.P. Senthil Kumar (DMK), K. Kumarasamy (AIADMK) and T. Rajamanickam (CPI(M)).
Those in the fray in Vedasandur include S.P.B. Paramasivam (AIADMK), R. Sakthivel Gounder (Congress) and R.K. Balan (DMDK).