Chennai, March 22 – Central Election Committee of the BJP on Friday released the fourth list of 14 candidates for Tamil Nadu and for the single seat in Puducherry, besides for the assembly by-election to the Vilvancode seat in the Tamil Nadu assembly.
The list for the Lok Sabha polls includes Tiruvallur (SC) Pon V. Balaganapthy; Chennai North – R.C. Paul Kanakaraj; Tiruvannamalai – A. Ashwathaman; Nammakal – K.P. Ramalingam; Tiruppur – A.P. Muruganandam; Pollachi- K.Vasanatharajan; Karur – V.V. Senthilnathan; Chidambaram (SC) P. Karthiyayini; Nagapattinam (SC) – S.G.M. Ramesh; Thanjavur – M.Murauganandam; Sivaganga – Dr Devanathan Yadav; Madurai – Prof Raama Sreenivasan; Virudhanagar – Raadhika Sarathkumar; and Tenkasi (SC) B.John Pandian.
The Puducherry Lok Sabha seat will be contested by A. Namassivayam.
The name of V.S. Nanthini for the assembly by-election to the Vilvancode seat was also announced.
Tamil Nadu will go to polls on April 19th to elect 39 Lok Sabha members.
In the 2019 polls, the ruling DMK-led alliance won 38 seats and one was won by the AIADMK.
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