Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and Kollywood sensation Vijay on Sunday officially announced that he would contest the upcoming state assembly elections. The actor-turned-politician will be contesting from two seats along with his core team members.
He said, "It will be C. Joseph Vijay," from Perambur in Chennai and Tiruchirappalli East. While his candidature from Permabur was expected, his decision to fight from 'Trichy East' as well came as a surprise for many. The upcoming polls will mark the the debut of the 51-year-old in parliamentary politics.
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Addressing party functionaries in Chennai, he named candidates for other seats too. Senior party leaders and Vijay's inner team members—N. Anand, Adhav Arjuna, R. Arunraaj, CTR Nirmal Kumar, and K. A. Sengottaiyan—were named by the party chief as TVK candidates for seats including T. Nagar, Villivakkam, Gobichettipalayam, and Thirupparankundram.
Elections to the 234 assembly segments in the state will be held on April 23, Thursday.
TN Assembly Polls 2026: TVK Candidate list
| Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|
| Perambur | C. Joseph Vijay |
| Trichy East | C. Joseph Vijay |
| Villivakkam | Aadhav Arjuna |
| Thousand Lights | J.C.D. Prabhakar |
| Virugambakkam | Sabarinathan |
| Egmore (Reserved) | Rajmohanan |
| Velachery | Christy Prithivi |
| R.K. Nagar | Maria Wilson |
| Kolathur | V.S. Babu |
| Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | T. Selva |
| Harbour | Sinora Ashok |
| Mylapore | B. Venkataramanan |
| T. Nagar | N. Anand (Bussy Anand) |
| Anna Nagar | Ramkumar |
| Sholinganallur | Saravana Murthy |
| Royapuram | Vijay Damu |
| Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (Reserved) | Pallavi |
| Pallavaram | Kamatchi |
| Tambaram | Sarathkumar |
| Chengalpattu | Thiyagarajan |
| Thiruporur | Vijayaraj |
| Cheyyur | Mohan Raja |
| Madurantakam | Ezhil Catherine |
| Uthiramerur | Munirathinam |
| Kanchipuram | Ranjith Kumar |
| Arakkonam | Gandhiraj |
| Sholingur | Kapil |
| Katpadi | Sudhakar |
| Ranipet | Tahira |
| Arcot | Vijay Mohan |
| Vellore | Vinoth Kannan |
| Anaikattu | Velmurugan |
| K.V. Kuppam | Thendral Kumar |
| Gudiyatham | Sindhu |
| Vaniyambadi | Syed Furhadin |
| Ambur | Imthias |
| Jolarpettai | Munusamy |
| Tirupattur | Tirupathi |
| Uthangarai | Kumaravel |
| Bargur | Muralidharan |
| Krishnagiri | Mukund R. Pandian |
| Veppanahalli | Sampangi |
| Hosur | Ambrees |
| Thalli | Suresh |
| Palacode | Gopi |
| Pennagaram | Gajendran |
| Dharmapuri | Sivan |
| Pappireddipatti | Thilagavathi |
| Harur | Rakesh |
| Chengam | Bharathidasan |
| Vikravandi | Vijay Vadivel |
| Tirukkoyilur | Vijay Bharani Balaji |
| Gobichettipalayam | K.A. Sengottaiyan |
| Tiruppur North | V. Sathyabama |
| Kavundampalayam | Kanimozhi |
| Tiruchengode | Arunraj |
| Thiruparankundram | C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar |
| Madurai West | Kallanai Anban |
| Madurai Central | Mustafa |
| Tenkasi | Rajaprakash |
| Kadayanallur | Jaleel |
| Palayamkottai | Maria John |
| Alangulam | Vipin |
| Karaikudi | Prabhu |
| Lalgudi | Ku. Pa. Krishnan |
| Radhapuram | Christopher |
| Tirunelveli | Rajagopal |
| Thoothukudi | Srinath |
| Srirangam | Ramesh |
| Udhagai (Ooty) | Loyola Mani |
| Madhavaram | M.L. Vijay Prabhu |
| Ambattur | G. Balamurugan |
| Aranthangi | Parvez |
| Andipatti | Left Pandi |
| Maduravoyal | Revanth Charan |
| Valparai | Sreedharan |
| Ariyalur | Siva |
| Kinathukadavu | Vignesh |
| Thirumayam | Sindhuja |
| Salem South | Parthiban |
| Erode East | Balaji |
| Coimbatore North | Sampath Kumar |
| Karur | Mathiyazhagan |
| Thanjavur | Saravanan |
| Sankarapuram | Jegatheesa Pandian |
| Tiruttani | Sathyakumar |
| Gummidipoondi | S. Vijayakumar |
| Pattukkottai | Madhan |
| Peravurani | Chandra Kandeepan |
| Sivakasi | Keerthana |
| Sivaganga | Kuzhandhai Rani Nachiyar |
| Kalasapakkam | Elumalai |
| Oddanchatram | Mohan |
| Jayankondam | Kavitha G. Rajendran |
| Poonamallee | Prakasam |
| Papanasam | Azharuddin |
| Panruti | Manikandan |
| Thiruvadanai | Rajiv |
| Nanguneri | Narayanan |
| Viluppuram | Mohan |
| Ramanathapuram | Shahul Hameed |
| Perundurai | Arunachalam |
| Paramathi Velur | Nandakumar |
| Modakkurichi | Shanmugan |
| Mannargudi | Rajarajan |
| Manamadurai | Ilangovan |
| Kumbakonam | Vinoth |
| Virudhachalam | Vijay |
| Namakkal | Dileep |
| Udumalaipettai | Shankar |
| Kilpennathur | Raja |
| Rishivandiyam | Ashok Kumar |
| Ulundurpet | Sudhakar |
| Mailam | Niranjan |
| Kanyakumari | Madhavan |
| Vasudevanallur | Amutharani |
| Tiruchendur | J.K.R. Murugan |
| Coonoor | Sabareesh Chandran |
| Sankagiri | Senthil Kumar |
| Sankarankovil | Ramarajan |
| Vedaranyam | Kingsley Gerald |
| Gangavalli | Dr. Sujatha |
| Bhuvanagiri | Mahalingam |
| Neyveli | Anand |
| Nagapattinam | Sukumar |
| Singanallur | Giri |
| Vandavasi | Udhayakumar |
| Cumbum | Jagannath Mishra |
| Dindigul | Naseer |
| Sattur | Ajith |
| Natham | Ramesh |
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Data via: voterslist.co.in
