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Special Project: Tamilnadu Elections 2016: Info for Chennai

by News Desk March 25, 2016 Civic

வாக்காளர் பட்டியலில் பெயர் சேர்க்க/நீக்க மற்றும் பிற மாற்றங்களுக்கு அவகாசம் அளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Here is a quick guide to all that you might want to know as you prepare to cast your vote.

Find your constituency details and information on candidates:

11 Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar

Incumbent: J Jayalalithaa, AIADMK »

Candidates:

J Jayalalithaa, AIADMK
M N Raja, BJP
Shimla Muthuchozhan, DMK
Agnes F, PMK
Vasanthi Devi, VCK

20 Thousand Lights

Incumbent: B. Valarmathi, AIADMK »

Candidates:

B Valarmathi AIADMK
Selvam Ku Ka DMK
Shivalingam M BJP
Ambigapathy C MDMK
Rangan V PMK

12 Perambur

Incumbent: SoundaraRajan. A, CPI M »

Candidates:

A SoundaraRajan, CPI-M
P Vetrivel AIADMK
R Prakash BJP
N R Dhanapalan DMK
M Venkatesa Perumal PMK

21 Anna Nagar

Incumbent: Gokula Indira. S, AIADMK »

Candidates:

Gokula Indira S, AIADMK
Mohan M K, DMK
Suresh K, BJP
Mallika Dayalan, MDMK
Akhilesh A M, PMK

13 Kolathur

Incumbent: M K Stalin, DMK »

Candidates:

M K Stalin, DMK
J C D Prabhakar, AIADMK
K T Raghavan, BJP
S Gopal, PMK
P Mathivanan, DMDK

22 Virugambakkam

Incumbent: Partha Sarathy. B, DMDK »

Candidates:

Partha Sarathy. B, DMDK »
Tamilisai Soundararajan, BJP »
K Dhanasekaran, DMK »
V.N. Ravi, AIADMK »

14 Villivakkam

Incumbent: Prabhakar. J.C.D, AIADMK »

Candidates:

M Raju, AIADMK
B Ranganathan, DMK
M Jaishankar, BJP
V Subramanian, PMK
T Pandiyan, DMDK

23 Saidapet

Incumbent: Senthamizhan G, AIADMK »

Candidates:

Ponnian, AIADMK
T.R. Sagathevan, PMK
Subramanian, DMK
Kalidass, BJP
Murugesan S, BSP
Thomas C, LJP
Manoharan M, NTK
Vishnuram M, Youth and Students Party

15 Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (SC)

Incumbent: Neelakandan V, AIADMK »

Candidates:

Neelakandan V, AIADMK
Sivakumar P, DMK
Vanithamani, PMK
Suganthi, CPM

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24 T. Nagar

Incumbent: Kalairajan V P, AIADMK »

Candidates:

N.S Kanimozhi, DMK »
B Sathyanarayanan alias T Nagar Sathya, AIADMK »
H. Raja, BJP »

16 Egmore (SC)

Incumbent: Nallathambi. K (DMDK) »

Candidates

Prabhu T, DMDK
Paruthi Ellamvazhuthi E, AIADMK
Ravichandran K S DMK
Venkatesan M BJP
Rajendran A PMK

25 Mylapore

Incumbent: Rajalakshmi. R (AIADMK)»

Candidates

R Nataraj AIADMK
Nagarajan K BJP
Karate R Thiagarajan INC
Suresh Kumar N PMK
Manuvar Basha A S TMC (M)

17 Royapuram

Incumbent: Jayakumar. D, AIADMK »

Candidates

Jayakumar D AIADMK
Manohar R INC
Jemeela MR BJP
Perumal T S PMK
Biju Chacko TMC (M)

26 Velachery

Incumbent: Ashok. M. K (AIADMK) »

Candidates

C Munusamy AIADMK
Vaigai Chandrasekhar DMK
P Sritharan BJP
Vinoba Bhoopathy PMK
V N Rajan DMDK

18 Harbour

Incumbent: Karuppiah. Pala (AIADMK) »

Sreenivasan K S AIADMK
Sekar Babu P K DMK
Krishnakumar Nadhani BJP
Murad Buhari B MDMK
Suresh Kumar R PMK

19 Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni

Incumbent: Anbazhagan. J, DMK »

Candidates

J Anbazhagan DMK
A Noorjahan AIADMK
Apn. Thamarai Gajendran BJP
A V A Kassali PMK
V Abdulla Sait DMDK

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