Special Project: Tamilnadu Elections 2016: Info for Chennai

by March 25, 2016 Civic

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

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20 Thousand Lights

Incumbent: B. Valarmathi, AIADMK »

Candidates:

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

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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

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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

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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

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22    Virugambakkam

Incumbent: Partha Sarathy. B, DMDK »

Candidates:

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

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14 Villivakkam

Incumbent: Prabhakar. J.C.D, AIADMK »

Candidates:

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

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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

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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 »

 More info »

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

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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)

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17    Royapuram

Incumbent: Jayakumar. D, AIADMK »

Candidates

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

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26    Velachery

Incumbent: Ashok. M. K (AIADMK) »

Candidates

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

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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

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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

More info »

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