Chennai: On the first day of filing nominations, five candidates submitted their nominations to the R K Nagar by poll on Thursday. DMDK candidate P. Mathivanan, 58 year old ‘election king’ Padmarajan who never misses an election, M S Rajendhiran of lesser-known Kamarajar Deseeya Congress and two other independents Agni Ramachandran and Rajkumar Poliah also submitted the papers to returning officer Padmaja Devi.

With the political parties announcing candidates more nominations are expected by next week. Last time there are more than 10 independent candidates in the R K Nagar and this time also we are hoping for more nominations, a local corporation official said.