93-year-old Marxist veteran and Opposition leader Achuthanandan, who is contesting from Malampuzha constituency, filed his nomination papers at the Palakkad collectorate while Vijayan, contesting from Dharmadom, filed his papers at the Kannur collectorate.
Ministers Shibu Baby John (RSP), P K Jayalakshmi (Cong) M K Muneer (IUML), V Sivankutty, MLA (CPI-M) and former Rajya Sabha MP T N Seema (CPI-M) also filed their nominations on the second day today.
LDF candidates E P Jayarajan, Kadanapally Ramachandran and T V Rajesh also filed their papers.
Totally, 300 nominations have been filed in the state, officials said.
While the maximum number of nominations were filed in Palakkad district today (36), the lowest (6) was from Pathanamthitta district.
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