India, Oct. 10 -- The Higher Education Department has released the final list of candidates for the upcoming student union elections in Odisha.

As per the final list, a total of 6,362 candidates are set to contest across 347 colleges in the state.

According to the data released by the department, a total of 8,370 nomination papers were filed for the elections. Of these, 1,196 nominations were rejected, while 7,174 candidates were declared eligible to contest.

Following the scrutiny process, altogether 405 candidates withdrew their nominations. After the withdrawal deadline, the final number of candidates remaining in the fray stood at 6,362.

The candidates will contest for various posts in student union elections across the participat...