The high-voltage campaign for the May 28 Chengannur Assembly byelection ended on Saturday.
The open campaign for the byelection came to a grand finale by 6 p.m., bringing the curtain down on the gruelling two-and-a-half-month-long exercise. Braving rain, supporters of the three major political fronts waving respective party flags staged a noisy performance during the final hours of campaign. This led to traffic snarls in Chengannur town. A minor scuffle also broke out between the LDF and UDF activists at Mannar. As many as 17 candidates are in the fray for the bypoll. The main candidates are Saji Cherian (LDF), D. Vijayakumar (UDF) and P.S. Sreedharan Pillai (NDA).