Nine more candidates filed nomination papers in Wayanad district on Thursday.
Tribal leader C.K. Janu filed papers in Sulthan Bathery as an independent candidate.
Velayudhan Nair, CPI(M), K.A. Ayub, SDPI, Latheef, Independent, V.K. Binu, Welfare Party, and N.M. Sandhya, Trinamool Congress, submitted papers in Kalpetta.
Vijayan, CPI(ML) Red Star, and P.N. Soman, SDPI, filed papers in Mananthavadi.
Mukundan, BSP, also submitted papers in Sulthan Bathery.
The total number of candidates who filed papers in the district so far has gone up to 27.