NDA constituent Indiya Jananayaka Katchi (IJK) president Ravi Pachamuthu has named the party's candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections and claimed that they will be using the 'Two Leaves' symbol of the AIADMK.
Ravi Pachamuthu, in the company of his father and party founder T. R. Paarivendhar, said that the IJK's Venkatesan will contest from Pallavaram, while Saranya Anbazhagan has been fielded from the Kunnam seat.
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Meanwhile, A. C. Shanmugam of the Puthiya Needhi Katchi, another NDA member, declared that his party will use the BJP's 'Lotus' in one seat and the 'Two Leaves' in the other. However, the names of the party's candidates were not immediately known.
It was earlier reported that the AIADMK was not happy with many of its smaller allies opting to use the BJP's poll symbol over its own. Tamil media reports had cited this as a major reason for the seat-sharing talks not getting done and dusted within the opposition alliance.
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While the Dravidian major is contesting 169 seats, a total of 65 seats have been allocated to the alliance parties. The Edappadi K. Palaniswami-led AIADMK on Wednesday released its first list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls. As many as 127 names were released on Friday in a second list.
The election to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly will be held on 23 April 2026.
AIADMK SECOND LIST:
Kumbidipundi — V. Sathan
Thuraiyur (SC) — I. Saroja
Perambalur (SC) — R. Tamilselvan
Neyveli — Sorathur R. Rajendran
Panruti — K. Mohan
Cuddalore — M.C. Sampath
Kurinjipadi — A. Bhuvanendran
Bhuvanagiri — A. Arunmozhithevan
Chidambaram — K.A. Pandiyan
Sirkazhi (SC) — M. Sakthi
Poompuhar — S. Pavunraj
Nagapattinam — Thanga. Kathiravan
Thiruthuraipoondi (SC) — U. Baladandayutham
Thiruvidaimarudur (SC) — Ilamathi Subramanian
Papanasam — D. Shanmugaprabu
Orathanadu — M. Sekar
Pattukkottai — C.V. Sekar
Peravurani — Kovi. Ilango
Thirumayam — P.K. Vairamuthu
Sivaganga — PR. Senthilnathan
Melur — P. Periyapullan (alias) Selvam
Madurai East — Mangalam K. Mahendran
Sholavandan (SC) — K. Manikkam
Madurai North — P. Saravanan
Usilampatti — I. Mahendran
Andipatti — A. Logirajan
Bodinayakanur — V.T. Narayanasamy
Cumbum — S.T.K. Jakkaiyan
Srivilliputhur (SC) — M. Chandhrapraba
Virudhunagar — V.G. Ganesan
Aruppukkottai — S. Sethupathi
Paramakudi (SC) — S. Muthaiah
Tiruvadanai — Keerthika Muniyasamy
Mudukulathur — Malaysia S. Pandi
Vilathikulam — R. Sathya
Thoothukudi — Ci.Dha. Sellappandiyan
Srivaikuntam — S.P. Shanmuganathan
Sankarankovil (SC) — Thilipan Jaisankar
Kadayanallur — C. Krishnamurali
Tenkasi — S. Selvamogandhas-Pandiyan
Alangulam — K.R.P. Prabakaran
Tirunelveli — Thatchai N. Ganesharaja
Ambasamudram — Esakki Subbaiah (alias) I. Subbaiah
Palayamkottai — S. Syed Sulthan Samsudeen
Kanniyakumari — N. Thalavaisundaram
Ponneri (SC) — P. Balaraman
Tiruttani — K. Thiruthani
Tiruvallur — B.V. Ramana
Madhavaram — V. Moorthy
Tiruvottiyur — K. Kuppan
Srirampur (SC) — K. Pazhani
Dharmapuri — S. Ramachandran
Chengalpattu — M. Raja (alias) K. Rajendran
Cheyyur (SC) — E. Rajasekar
Maduranthakam (SC) — Maragatham Kumaravel
Kancheepuram — V. Somnath
Arakkonam (SC) — S. Ravi
Katpadi — V. Ramu
Arcot — S.M. Sugumar
Pappireddippatti — Maragatham Vetrivel
Harur (SC) — V. Sampathkumar
Chengam (SC) — T.S. Velu
Kilpennathur — S. Ramachandran
Arani — L. Jayasudha
Cheyyar — Mukkur N. Subramanian
Vandavasi (SC) — P. Rani
Tindivanam (SC) — P. Arjunan
Vanur (SC) — P. Murugan
Vellore — S.R.K. Appu
Anaicut — D. Velazhagan
Gudiyattam (SC) — G. Parisa Purushothaman
Vaniyambadi — G. Sendhil Kumar
Ambur — R. Venkatesan
Uthangarai (SC) — T.M. Tamilselvam
Bargur — E.C. Govindarasu
Krishnagiri — K. Ashok Kumar
Hosur — P. Balakrishna ReddyCoimbatore South — Amman K. Arjunan
Singanallur — K.R. Jayaram
Kinathukadavu — Se. Damodaran
Pollachi — Pollachi V. Jayaraman
Valparai (SC) — D. Lakshmanan
Udumalaipettai — Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan
Palani — K. Ravi Manoharan
Oddanchatram — A. Viswanathan
Nilakottai (SC) — S. Thenmozhi
Vedasandur — V.P.B. Paramasivam
Aravakurichi — K. Selvakumar
Krishnarayapuram (SC) — S. Divya
Kulithalai — S. Kandhasamy
Manapparai — P.L. Vijayakumar
Srirangam — R. Manoharan
Tiruchirappalli (East) — K. Rajasekaran
Tiruchirappalli (West) — P. Kumar
Thiruverumbur — M. Leela Rajesh
Musiri — N. Yogalingam
Vikravandi — K. Vijaya
Tirukkoyilur — S. Pazhanisamy
Ulundurpettai — R. Kumaraguru
Sankarapuram — R. Madhavan
Kallakurichi (SC) — S. Rajendran
Gangavalli (SC) — A. Nallathambi
Attur (SC) — A.P. Jayasankaran
Yercaud (ST) — P. Usha Rani
Omalur — R. Mani
Mettur — G. Venkatachalam
Sankari — S. Vetrivel
Salem (South) — J. Robert
Veerapandi — P. Senthil Kumar
Sendamangalam (ST) — C. Chandrasekaran
Namakkal — P.S. Madhavi
Paramathi Velur — S. Sekar
Tiruchengodu — R. Chandrasekar
Erode (East) — R. Manoharan
Dharapuram (SC) — P. Sathiyabama
Kangayam — N.S.N. Nataraj
Perundurai — S. Jayakumar
Anthiyur — P. Haribhaskar
Gobichettipalayam — V.B. Babu
Bhavanisagar (SC) — A. Bannari
Gudalur (SC) — Pon. Jayaseelan
Coonoor — A. Ramu
Mettupalayam — O.K. Chinnaraj
Tiruppur (North) — M.S.M. Anandan
Palladam — K.P. Paramasivam
Sulur — V.P. Kandhasamy
Kavundampalayam — P.R.G. Arunkumar |
