Only two new faces in AIADMK’s second list of candidates for constituencies in Coimbatore-Tiruppur belt

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Barring Valparai and Dharapuram Assembly segments, some reserved constituencies, the AIADMK has, successful its 2nd database released connected Friday, fielded known faces, including 4 erstwhile Ministers, successful the constituencies successful Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts.

The enactment has fielded a caller candidate, D. Lakshmana Singh, to the slot that was represented by the deceased MLA Amul Kandasamy successful Valparai, and P. Sathyabama, Tiruppur Rural East District Joint Secretary, successful the Dharapuram constituency, which is represented by DMK’s N. Kayalvizhi, Minister for Human Resources Management. The MLA had defeated BJP campaigner L. Murugan, presently Union Minister, successful the 2021 polls by a constrictive borderline of 1,393 votes (0.7%).

In Kangayam constituency, the AIADMK has fielded erstwhile MLA N.S.N. Nataraj, who was elected to the Assembly successful the 2011 polls. In the 2021 election, AIADMK campaigner A.S. Ramalingam had mislaid to DMK’s M.P. Saminathan, Minister for Information and Publicity by a debased borderline of 7,331 votes.

In Mettupalayam, the sitting MLA A.K. Selvaraj has been replaced with erstwhile MLA O.K. Chinnaraj who had won consecutively successful the 2016, 2011 and 2006 elections.

In Tiruppur North wherever the sitting AIADMK MLA K.N. Vijayakumar had won successful the 2016 and 2021 polls, erstwhile MLA and Minister M.S.M. Anandan who had won successful the 2011 polls, and represented Palladam conception successful the 2021 polls has been fixed an accidental to contention successful the 2026 election.

In Palladam, K.P. Paramasivam is simply a erstwhile MLA who had won from the constituency successful 2011 polls, and successful Sulur constituency, sitting MLA V.P. Kandasamy had won successful the 2019 by-polls also. Sitting MLA P.R.G. Arunkumar is the campaigner for the Kavundampalayam segment.

Coimbatore South constituency represented by BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan has been allotted to erstwhile AIADMK MLA Amman K. Arjunan. In Singanallur, sitting MLA K.R. Jayaram has been fielded by the AIADMK.

In Kinathukadavu, the campaigner S. Damodaran, sitting MLA and erstwhile Minister, was elected from the constituency successful the 2001, 2006 and 2011 elections.

Pollachi V. Jayaraman, sitting MLA and erstwhile Minister who had won from the Pollachi conception successful the 2016, 2006 and 2001 elections, is the campaigner for 2026 polls.

Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan, besides sitting MLA and erstwhile Minister, had represented the conception successful the erstwhile word also.

Published - March 27, 2026 08:01 p.m. IST

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