In Kerala, NDA candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency bye-election, Navya Haridas, submitted her nomination papers with the Returning Officer at Kalpetta today. She was accompanied by former BJP State President Kummanam Rajasekharan and party State General Secretary M. T. Ramesh, among others. LDF candidate Sathyan Mokeri of the CPI also submitted his papers to contest from the constituency. He also held a roadshow in Kalpetta town ahead of submitting his nomination papers. UDF candidate Priyanka Gandhi submitted her papers yesterday. In the Palakkad assembly constituency, UDF candidate Rahul Mankoottathil and LDF-supported independent Dr P. Sarin also filed their nomination papers today.

With this, the submission of nomination papers by the three major political fronts the UDF, LDF, and NDA for the by-poll to be held on the 13th of next month has been completed. Tomorrow is the last date for filing nominations. The scrutiny will take place on the 28th, while the last date for withdrawal of nominations is on the 30th of this month.