The UDF candidate, T.K. Asharaf, who won the last election as an Independent, has since returned to the IUML and is now contesting as its official candidate; the LDF candidate, P.M. Harris, who won from the division as an IUML candidate in 2015, has since joined the CPI(M); and T.P. Pradeep Kumar of the BDJS makes it a predominantly three-cornered contest
