<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, the nomination papers filed by all the candidates of the recognised political parties for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections have been accepted.<br />''<br />''The DMK fields three candidates, its alliance partner Congress one and the AIADMK two, totalling six seats, for the as many vacancies that arise in the Rajya Sabha from the state.<br />''<br />''The papers of all seven independent candidates have been rejected as they were found to be not in order.<br />''<br />''The final list of candidates will be formally announced on Friday evening, when the time for withdrawal of nominations ends. In all probability, all the six candidates of the political parties are set to get elected unopposed.<br />''<br />''The candidates include Mr P. Chidambaram of the Congress, Mr S. Kalyanasundaram, Mr R. Girirajan and Mr KRN Rajesh Kumar of the DMK and Mr C.V. Shanmugam and Mr R. Dharmar of the AIADMK.<br />''<br />''The Congress will be represented in the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu after a gap of about six years. The total strength of the state in the House of the Elders is eighteen. </span><br />