Kannur (Kerala), March 19 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan filed his nomination from the Dharmadom Assembly constituency here on Thursday.
Vijayan submitted his nomination papers at the Thalassery Sub Registrar Office around 11 am, which were received by Kannur registrar A B Sathyan.
The veteran CPI(M) leader was accompanied by party district secretary K K Ragesh, senior leader E P Jayarajan, Speaker A N Shamseer and his political secretary P Sasi.
Vijayan is contesting the Assembly election for the seventh time in his political career and for the third time from Dharmadom. He had previously won three times from Kuthuparamba and once from Payyannur.
The Congress-led UDF has fielded V P Abdul Rasheed, while the BJP has named K Ranjith as its candidate.
Vijayan, who is 80 years old, had launched his campaign in the constituency with a roadshow held on Wednesday.