Puducherry election: DMK releases candidate list for 13 seats, earmarks one seat for VCK

The DMK has finalised candidates for 13 of its 14 seats (as portion of the INDIA bloc) successful the April 9 Puducherry Assembly elections, with enactment convenor and Leader of Opposition R. Siva seeking re-election from Villianur.

As portion of the seat-sharing arrangement, the DMK has acceptable speech Ozhukarai for its ally, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK). However, VCK person Thol. Thirumavalavan had said that the enactment would contention the elections alone and tract candidates successful 3 seats.

Among the sitting MLAs, R. Senthil Kumar volition question to clasp the Bahour seat, L. Sambath the Mudaliarpet segment, V. Annibal Kennedy the Uppalam constituency, AHM Nazeem the Karaikal South seat, and M. Nagathiyarajan the Neravy TR Pattinam segment, besides successful Karaikal.

P. Angalane, an Independent legislator who precocious joined the DMK, volition question re-election from Thirubhuvanai (SC) portion Vignesh Kannan, lad of the precocious seasoned person P. Kannan, has been fielded successful Raj Bhavan.

The DMK has fielded S.S. Rangan to instrumentality connected Chief Minister and AINRC supremo N. Rangasamy successful Mangalam. S. Gopal is the campaigner successful Orleanpet; V. Karthikeyan volition contention successful in Nellithope, A. Senthil successful Kalapet, and P. Vadivel successful Kadirgamam.