Chennai, Mar 30 (PTI) Over 500 candidates, including many from political parties, filed their nomination papers on Monday for the April 23 Assembly election to Tamil Nadu.
According to a source in the election
commission, 573 candidates including high-profile candidates that included Chief Minister M K Stalin (from Kolathur) and TVK president Vijay (from Perambur) in Chennai, filed their papers on the first day of filing the nominations.
DMK leader and state Municipal Administration Minister K N Nehru filed his papers from Tiruchirappalli West constituency while TVK leader K A Sengottaiyan submitted his papers from Gobichettipalayam constituency.
Former film director Seeman, heading the Naam Tamilar Katchi, filed the nomination from Karaikudi and his party candidates submitted their papers from all the constituencies.
State Health Minister Ma Subramanian (Saidapet), and TVK general secretary Aadhav Arjuna (Villivakkam) are among the prominent candidates who filed the nominations on the opening day today when the formal filing from all the 234 Assembly constituencies in the state commenced. The process will go on till April 6. PTI JSP JSP ROH
