AIADMK who has inked an alliance with Bhartiya Janta Party and other small parties in Tamil Nadu for the General Elections has on Sunday released its list of 20 Candidates in Tamil Nadu. AIADMK who has kept a lion share of 20 seats fielded Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam‘s son P Raveendranath Kumar from Theni Lok Sabha Seat. This is the debut of Raveendranath into mainstream Politics.
AIADMK candidates from Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls: P Ravindranath Kumar, son of Deputy CM O Panneerselvam to contest from Theni. Jayavardhan, son of Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar, to contest from South Chennai. Deputy Speaker M. Thambi Durai to contest from Karur https://t.co/LHVs3MIghz
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AIADMK has given tickets to :
- Jayavardhan Jayakumar from Chennai South Lok Sabha Seat
- Maragatham Kumaravel from Kancheepuram
- P Venugopal from Thiruvallur Lok Sabha Seat
- C Mahendran from Pollachi Lok Sabha
- V Elumalai from Arani Lok Sabha Seat
- M Thambidurai from Karur Lok Sabha Seat
- KP Munusamy from Krishnagiri Lok Sabha Seat
- VVR Raj Sathyan from Madurai Parliamentary seat
- SS Krishnamoorthy from Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha Seat
- Paul Manoj Pandian from Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Seat
- KRS Saravanan from Salem Seat
- P Kaliappan from Namakkal
- MSM Anandan from Tiruppur
- G Manimaran from Erode
- NR Sivapathy from Perambalur
- S Asaimani from Mayiladuthurai
- M Saravanan from Nagapattinam(SC)
- P Chandrasekar from Chidambaram(SC)
- M Thiagarajan from Nilgiris(SC)
- P Raveendranath Kumar from Theni Lok Sabha Seat
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Apart from announcing the candidates for 20 Lok Sabha Seats, Party has also declared Candidates for the by-elections to the 18 Assembly seats that will also go to polls together with General Elections 2019.
- G Vaidyanathan for Poonamallee (SC)
- RS Rajesh for Perambur
- S Arumugam for Thiruporur
- G Sampath for Sholingur
- R Murthy for Gudiyattham (SC)
- J Jothiramalingaraja for Ambur
- S Jothi(wife of former state Minister Balakrishna Reddy) Hosur
- A Govindasamy for Pappireddipatti
- V Sampathkumar for Harur (SC)
- S Thenmozhi for Nilakkottai (SC)
- R Jeevanandam for Thiruvarur
- R Gandhi for Thanjavur
- S Nagarajan for Manamadurai (SC)
- A Lokirajan for Andipatti
- M Murugan for Periyakulam (SC)
- MSR Rajvarman for Sattur,
- Sadan Prabhakar for Paramakudi (SC)
- P Chinnappan for Vilathikulam
Apart from BJP, AIADMK has finalized terms with 6 parties comprising –PMK, KMDK, Puthiya Neethi Katchi, Puthiya Tamilagam, Tamil Manila Congress and NR Congress.
The AIADMK led alliance will take on the ruling DMK alliance of which Congress is a part.
Tamil Nadu has total 39 Lok Sabha Seats while Puducherry has a single Lok Sabha seat.
General Elections are slated for April-May this year that would spread on Seven Phases starting from April 11 to May 19. Election Commission had on Sunday declared schedule for General Elections 2019. Results for the crucial Lok Sabha Polls will be announced on May 23 four days after the 7th phase of voting.
Tamil Nadu will vote to April 18 for Lok Sabha as well as on 18 by-elections seats.
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