Chennai: The AIADMK candidates list for the 20 parliamentary seats that the party is contesting in the alliance formed along with the BJP and other parties, was announced late tonight.
Though there were indications that the list would be released earlier today, it was announced only after 10 pm Sunday. AIADMK spokesperson Vaigai Selvan explained to a Tamil news channel that there was no problem in releasing the list and that it was a consensual effort.
The candidates list for AIADMK as released by party coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and co-coordinator and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami:
Tiruvallur (R) – Dr P Venugopal
South Chennai – Dr J Jayavardan
Kancheepuram (R) – Maragatham Kumaravel
Krishnagiri – K P Munusamy
Tiruvannamalai – Agri S S Krishnamurthi
Arani – Senji V Ezhumalai
Salem – K R S Saravanan
Namakkal – P Kaliappan
Erode – G Manimaran
Tirupur – M S M Anandan
Nilgiris (R) – M Thyagarajan
Pollachi – C Mahendran
Karur – M Thambidurai
Perambalur – N R Sivapathi
Chidambaram (R) – Chandrasekar
Mayiladuthurai – S Asaimani
Nagapattinam (R) – Thazhai M Saravanan
Madurai – V V R Rajsathyan
Theni – P Ravindranathkumar
Tirunelveli – P H Manoj Pandian