Tamil Nadu Assembly elections | Palaniswami, Stalin file nominations

With Tamil Nadu poised for a five-cornered Assembly election, AIADMK co-coordinator and Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, DMK president and Leader of the Opposition M.K. Stalin, different outstanding leaders and several other Ministers filed their nomination papers earlier than the Returning Officers of their respective constituencies on Monday.

Mr. Palaniswami, the Chief Ministerial candidate of the ruling occasion, filed his nomination within the Edappadi constituency in Salem, from the place he made his electoral debut in 1989. He has since represented the constituency thrice — 1991, 2011 and 2016.

Mr. Stalin, who additionally entered the Assembly for the primary time in 1989 from the Thousand Lights constituency, submitted his nomination papers earlier than the Returning Officer of the Kolathur constituency, from the place he was elected in 2011 and 2016. After submitting his nomination, he headed to Tiruvarur, which elected his father and former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, and commenced electioneering. He had begun his most up-to-date Parliamentary election marketing campaign, too, from there.

MNM founder Kamal Haasan, who’s making his electoral debut, filed his nomination within the Coimbatore South constituency, the place he’ll face BJP and Congress candidates. His allies — the AISMK and the IJK — are contesting 40 seats every.

AMMK chief T.T.V. Dhinakaran, who has allotted 60 seats to the DMDK and counts the AIMIM and the SDPI amongst his allies, filed his nomination within the Kovilpatti Assembly constituency, the place he’ll tackle Information Minister Kadambur C. Raju.

NTK founder Seeman, the one chief in Tamil Nadu to have distributed seats equally amongst female and male candidates, filed his nomination for the Tiruvottiyur constituency. Many Ministers and outstanding second-line leaders of assorted events additionally filed their nominations on Monday.