Lok Sabha elections 2024: AIADMK to contest in 32 seats in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswami will contest in 32 constituencies Tamil Nadu in the general elections on April 19. The party has also nominated candidates for Puducherry LS seat and bypoll to Vilavancode assembly constituency in Kanyakumari.

In continuation of his first list of 16 candidates, Palaniswami on Thursday announced the second list of another 16 candidates. In all, the AIADMK will take on arch-rival DMK in 18 seats.

The AIADMK candidates whose names were announced on Thursday are: G Premkumar (Sriperumbudur), S Pasupathi (Vellore), R Ashokan (Dharmapuri), M Kaliyaperumal (Tiruvannamalai), ex-MLA R Kumaraguru (Kallakurichi), P Arunachalam (Tirupur), D Lokesh Tamilselvan (Nilgiris), Singai G Ramachandran (Coimbatore), A Karthikeyan (Pollachi), P Karuppaiah (Trichy), N D Chandramohan (Perambalur), P Babu (Mayiladuthurai), Panangudi A Xavierdas (Sivaganga), R Sivasamy Velumani (Tuticorin), Shimla Muthuchozhan (Tirunelveli) and Pasiliyan Nasareth (Kanyakumari).

The party has also nominated Puducherry Ilaignar Pasarai Ilampengal Pasarai secretary G Tamilvendan for the lone seat in the Union territory of Puducherry.

Party women’s wing deputy secretary U Rani has been fielded in Vilavancode assembly seat that will go to bypoll along with general election. The Vilavancode seat went vacant following the resignation of Congress MLA S Vijayadharani who joined BJP.