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After days of suspense, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a constituent of the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) successful Tamil Nadu, connected Friday (April 3, 2026) released the database of each 27 candidates for the upcoming Assembly predetermination successful the State.
As wide expected, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan is entering the fray from the Avanashi (Reserved) Assembly segment. In the erstwhile Assembly polls, Mr. Murugan unsuccessfully contested from the Dharapuram (Reserved) segment.
BJP State president Nainar Nagenthran is entering the fray from the Sattur Assembly conception successful Virudhunagar district, shifting from his location turf of Tirunelveli. Mr. Nagenthran had contested from the Tirunelveli constituency 5 times and emerged palmy thrice — doubly connected an AIADMK summons and erstwhile arsenic a BJP nominee.
Former BJP State president and erstwhile Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan is contesting from the Mylapore Assembly conception successful Chennai. This is the 4th clip she is entering the fray successful an Assembly predetermination successful the State.
BJP Mahila Morcha nationalist president and incumbent Coimbatore South MLA Vanathi Srinivasan, who defeated Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan by a slender margin, is contesting from Coimbatore North this time, portion S. Vijayadharani, who was successful the Congress and defected to the BJP, has been fixed a summons from Vilavancode, wherever she had won thrice.
Other candidates see M. Rajasimha Mahindra from Avadi, Nagesh Kumar from Thalli, C. Elumalai from Tiruvannamalai, S.D. Premkumar from Rasipuram (Reserved), Krithika Shivkumar from Modakurichi, Bhojarajan from Udhagamandalam, S. Thangaraj from Tiruppur (South), Govi. Chandru from Tiruvarur, and M. Muruganandam from Thanjavur.
C. Udhayakumar volition contention from Gandharvakottai (Reserved), N. Ramachandran from Pudukottai, and Kavitha Srikanth, State president of the BJP’s women’s wing, from Aranthangi. K.C. Thirumaran, who heads an outfit, the South Indian Forward Bloc, volition contention from Tirupattur. Pon. V. Balaganapathy volition contention from Manamadurai (Reserved), Raama Sreenivasan from Madurai South, GBS K. Nagendran from Ramanathapuram, Ananthan Ayyaswamy from Vasudevanallur (Reserved), K.R.M. Radhakrishnan from Tiruchendur, S.P. Balakrishnan from Radhapuram, incumbent MLA M.R. Gandhi from Nagercoil, T. Sivakumar from Colachel, and P. Ramesh from Padmanabhapuram.
Annamalai snubbed
Former BJP State president K. Annamalai’s sanction was not connected the list. Following the caller constituency allocation workout by the AIADMK, it had go evident that it did not person immoderate spot considered “favourable” for him. Yet, successful caller days, determination were speculations of a apt constituency swap to accommodate Mr. Annamalai. However, it did not fructify.
In a station connected X congratulating the candidates, Mr. Annamalai said: “I, arsenic a Karyakarta, volition basal enarthrosis to enarthrosis and run for each our winning BJP and different NDA candidates, with the purpose of the NDA winning 210 seats successful the upcoming Assembly elections.”
