Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate K P Sathish Chandran of the CPM filed his nomination papers to contest from the Kasargod Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday.
Another candidate, C H Kunhambu, who is a former MLA, too has filed his nomination papers.
Sathish Chandran was accompanied by a large number of party workers from the CPM district office to meet the district election officer. LDF leader and minister E Chandrashekaran and CPM district secretary M V Balakrishnan Master were among those who accompanied Sathish Chandran.
NDA candidate Raveesh Tantri Kuntaru will file his nomination papers on April 1, while UDF candidate Rajmohan Unnithan will file the papers on April 3.