Sundar Rajanwill contest for the AIADMK from Ottapidaram while Kathirkamu will fight from Periyakulam, the candidate list released in Chennai on Saturday showed

Sundar Rajanwill contest for the AIADMK from Ottapidaram while Kathirkamu will fight from Periyakulam, the candidate list released in Chennai on Saturday showed

Sundar Rajanwill contest for the AIADMK from Ottapidaram while Kathirkamu will fight from Periyakulam, the candidate list released in Chennai on Saturday showed

The T. T. V. Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) has released its candidate list for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

As per the final pact agreed upon among the NDA partners, the AIADMK will contest 169 constituencies out of the 234 assembly segments, as it is the largest partner in the alliance. The second-largest partner, the BJP, has been allocated 27 constituencies, while the PMK will contest 18 assembly segments, and the AMMK will contest 11 constituencies. Junior partners like the IJK and the TMC have secured two and five seats respectively.

The list of AMMK candidates contesting the elections was released in the state capital by the party’s General Secretary, T. T. V. Dhinakaran. The Nanguneri, Ottapidaram, Saidapet, Madathukulam, Poonamallee, Tiruchi West, Periyakulam, Mannargudi, Thiruvaiyaru, Karaikudi, and Tiruppathur seats were allotted to the party by the AIADMK-led alliance. Dhinakaran also released the party’s election manifesto in Chennai on Saturday, Tamil media reports said.

AMMK candidate list for TN Assembly polls 2026:

  • Nanguneri – Isakkimuthu
  • Ottapidaram – Sundar Rajan
  • Saidapet – Senthamizhan
  • Madathukulam – Shanmugavelu
  • Poonamallee – Ezhumalai
  • Tiruchi West – Thottiyam Rajasekaran
  • Periyakulam – Kathirkamu
  • Mannargudi – S. Kamaraj
  • Thiruvaiyaru – Velu Karthikeyan
  • Karaikudi – Therbogi Pandi
  • Tiruppathur – Gnanasekaran