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DMK attaches a lot of prestige to the South Chennai seat. This time, it has fielded sitting MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian against BJPs Tamilisai Soundararajan, who the governor of Telangana and lieutenant governor of Puducherry. ADMK's candidate this time is again physician J Jayavardhan, the son of its former minister D Jayakumar.
Nakul Nath, who is contesting from Chhindwara, has declared the highest Rs 716 crore worth of assets in his election affidavit, according to poll rights body - the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
The secret lies in wealth. The wealth gap between candidates and eventual winners has grown sharply in the last four Lok Sabha elections, showing that polls are swinging more and more in favour of richer candidates who have the financial clout to contest and win
"Serious lawbreakers should not be lawmakers." These are the words of the Electoral Commission of SA's (IEC) counsel Adv Tembeka Ngcukaitobi in the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's appeal against the commission's decision to bar Jacob Zuma from being one of its candidates to parliament.
The secret lies in wealth. The wealth gap between candidates and eventual winners has grown sharply in the last four Lok Sabha elections, showing that polls are swinging more and more in favour of richer candidates who have the financial clout to contest and win