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Contesting candidates, these contesting candidates within the phraseology which has been used in s. 38 are candidates who were included in the list of validly nominated candidates and who have not withdrawn their candidature within the period prescribed for such withdrawal. These are the contesting candidates within the meaning of that term as used in the Act and they are normally expected to go to the poll, K. Kamaraja Nadar v. Kunju Thevar, AIR 1958 SC 687 (694). [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 38]