The Jayalalithaa-led party's candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat in neighbouring Union territory of Puducherry and the nominee for Assembly byelection in city's Alandur segment also filed their nominations between 1.30 pm and 2.15 pm, considered auspicious time, party sources said.
Prominent among the AIADMK candidates are former Union minister M Thambidurai, who filed his nomination from Karur seeking a fifth term in the Lok Sabha, and J Jayavardhan, son of former Assembly Speaker D Jayakumar (South Chennai).
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