Chennai, April 23 -- The stage is set for the people of Tamil Nadu to decide upon the constitution of their 17th state assembly. Polling across the state's 234 assembly constituencies will be held on Thursday.

The state's total electorate currently comprises of 57,343,291 voters, including 29,304,905 women, 28,030,658 men and 7,728 transgenders. They will determine the fate of a total 4,023 candidates across political parties, out of whom 3,579 are men, 443 are women and one candidate is transgender, according to election affidavit data. Karur constituency has the most candidates this time, with 79 names in the fray.

In terms of the electorate, Sholinganallur has the highest number of electors (536, 991) while Harbour constituency has t...