Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2016
AIADMK makes yet another change in candidates listThe AIADMK released its list of candidates on Monday. But the next day, party chief J Jayalalithaa changed the candidates. - Vasan still waiting for a call from Jaya about seats
While uncertainty prevails over TMC's fate regarding an alliance with the AIADMK for the assembly election, AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa made several changes in the list of her party candidates. - Where have all the independent candidates in TN disappeared?
Space for genuine independent candidates has been shrinking in Tamil Nadu. In the past, politicians with some clout, who did not belong to a big party, or some who rebelled and broke away from their - Suave, savvy, natty: Stalin, Ramadoss pitch for votes in new avatar
Perhaps it was political elitism, but no Dravidian leader since Anna's days cared to reach out to the masses. For the first time since the party was founded in 1972, AIADMK will field its candidates in all the 10 constituencies in Madurai district for the May 16 assembly election. AIADMK general secretary and chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced her candidates for Kerala assembly elections. AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa has dumped nearly two-thirds of her legislature party from the list of AIADMK candidates for the forthcoming assembly election. In a climbdown since it contested 63 seats in the 2011 assembly elections, Congress settled for 41 seats in the final round of negotiations with the DMK. Ending speculation on the revival of alliance with the All India NR Congress (AINRC), the AIADMK high command on April 4 announced its candidates for the ensuing 2016 assembly election for all the 30 - Tamil Nadu assembly polls: Congress to contest in 41 seats after seat-sharing agreement with DMK
Congress will contest in 41 seats in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming assembly elections in alliance with DMK, both parties agreed on Monday. The parties struck the deal at a meeting senior Congress leaders - 29-28-27-26: Can the PWF figure set the electoral ramp on fire?
After a tie-up with Vijayakanth's DMDK and conceding 124 seats to the actor, the PWF appears to have successfully concluded its own seat sharing talks and apportioning of the remaining 110 seats among - Smaller parties seek early bird advantage in campaigning
The BJP , the Tamil Maanila Congress and the multi party PWF-DMDK combine have taken an early plunge into campaigning leaving behind the two Dravidian biggies which are still stuck with talks on - Azad to meet MK today to finalise seat sharing
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will meet DMK chief M Karuna nidhi on Monday morning to finalise their seat-sharing agreement for the May 16 Tamil Nadu assembly election. - No problems meeting Jaya, says Venkaiah
Differing from his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal's comment on Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa being inaccessible to Central ministers, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu in Coimbatore said he Though mostly aligning with the main Dravidian parties, the Left in Tamil Nadu has often sought an independent role for itself.Beyond elections, they have taken up their ideological work at the - TMC begins drive to popularize new party symbol
The Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) has embarked on a campaign to popularise its symbol 'coconut farm' among the public. TMC party cadres and urban district president Sarubala R Thondaiman began the For the first time in the state, candidates contesting assembly elections should get a 'no dues' certificate from power utility Tangedco and Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD). - PWF likely to announce seat sharing in two days
PWF leaders have arrived at a broad understanding on sharing of 110 seats among the four parties - MDMK, VCK, CPM and CPI, it is learnt.The largest player is likely to be MDMK, followed by VCK, CPM Three close relatives of late Congress leader K Kamaraj, including T S K Mayuri Kannan, joined DMK in the presence of its treasurer M K Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the party headquarters. - BJP to train film stars in public speaking
As political parties scramble to rope in celluloid stars to campaign for them, the BJP has drafted a training programme for film artistes and directors on public speaking before campaigns pick up - More minority outfits back AIADMK
With the ruling AIADMK distancing itself from Modi's BJP, minority outfits, including Manithaneya Jananayaka Katchi, a breakaway faction of the MMK, and a splinter group of Indian Union Muslim League, - Premalatha likely to contest assembly election
In what could add woman power to the TN assembly election, DMDK chief Vijayakanth's wife and woman's wing secretary Premalatha is likely to contest the assembly election after playing a key role in - Mobile voter's facilitation centre opens
District election officers will be reaching out to voters at their door steps to address their queries related to voter's identity card and voters list. - Congress realising true colours of DMK, says Anbumani
Anbumani denied holding talks with the BJP for forming a coalition and said he was not bargaining with any political party. - Nilgiris’ Badagas reiterate ST status demand
D Ramakrishnan worked as a tea and vegetable farmer in Coimbatore’s Kotagiri suburb almost a decade ago. Once the tea prices fell and he slipped into debt, he sold a portion of his ancestral land and - 49 model code violations in Coimbatore north
Mettupalayam and Coimbatore North lead in terms of most number of code of conduct violations, with 49 cases registered in each place. The district collectorate announced that they had booked 240 cases
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