Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | DMDK joins hands with AMMK; to contest in 60 seats

DMDK chief Vijayakanth (Source: The Hindu)

The DMDK, which quit the AIADMK-BJP alliance a few days ago, clinched an electoral deal with the AMMK on Sunday evening and was allocated a total of 60 seats in the alliance.

The agreement signed by DMDK presidium chairman V. Elangovan and AMMK Deputy General Secretary G. Senthamizhan said that the latter’s party would withdraw its candidates already announced for these Assembly constituencies.

DMDK chief Vijayakanth is not contesting. DMDK treasurer Premalatha Vijayakant will be contesting from Virudhachalam Assembly constituency and deputy secretary and former MLA P. Parthasarathy will contest from Virugambakkam.

Meanwhile, AMMK general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran, in a statement, referred to the withdrawal of AMMK candidates in 60 seats, which have been allocated to the DMDK and hoped that the party men would understand the need for ensuring victory of allies in all 234 Assembly constituencies. “I assure that those candidates, whose candidature have been withdrawn, would be given opportunities at the right time in the future,” he said.

The constituencies allocated to the DMDK are: Gummidipoondi, Tiruttani, Avadi, Villivakkam, Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar, Egmore, Virugambakkam, Sholinganallur, Pallavaram, Cheyyur, Madhurantakam, K.V. Kuppam, Uthangarai, Veppanahalli, Palacode, Pennagaram, Chengam, Kalasapakkam, Arni, Mailam, Tindivanam, Vanur, Tirukoilur, Kallakurichi, Yercaud, Mettur, Salem West, Namakkal, Kumarapalayam, Perundurai, Bhavanisagar, Gudalur, Avinashi, Tiruppur North, Valparai, Oddanchathiram, Nilakkottai, Karur, Krishnarayapuram, Manapparai, Thiruverumbur, Musiri, Perambalur, Tittagudi, Vridhachalam, Panruti, Cuddalore, Kilvelur, Peravurani, Pudukkottai, Solavandan, Madurai West, Aruppukkottai, Paramakudi, Thoothukudi, Ottapidaram, Alangulam, Radhapuram, Colachel and Vilavancode.

Candidates list

1. Gummidipoondi       K.M. Dilli 
2. Tiruttani                    D. Krishnamoorthy 
3. Avadi                        Na.Mu.Shankar
4. Villivakkam               Subhamangalam Dillibabu 
5. Thiru Vi.Ka Nagar    M.P. Sekar 
6. Egmore                     T. Prabhu 
7. Virugambakkam        Pa.Parthasarathy 
8. Shollinganallur           R.P. Murugan 
9. Pallavaram                D. Murugesan 
10. Seiyyur                      A. Siva 
11. Madhurantakam        N. Moorthy 
12. K.V Kuppam              P. Dhanaseelan 
13. Uthangarai                R. Bhagyaraj 
14. Veppanahalli             S.M. Murugesan 
15. Palacode                   P. Vijayashankar 
16. Pennagaram               R. Udayakumar 
17. Chengam                    S. Anbu 
18. Kalasapakkam           M. Nehru 
19. Arani                          G. Baskaran 
20. Mylam                            A. Sundaresan 
21. Tindivanam                K. Chandralekha 
22. Vaanur                        P.M. Ganapathy 
23. Tirukoviloor                 L. Venkatesan 
24. Kallakurichi                 N. Vijayakumar 
25. Yercaud                      K.C. Kumar 
26. Mettur                         M. Ramesh Aravind 
27. Salem West                Alagapuram R. Mohanraj 
28. Namakkal                   K. Selvi 
29. Kumarapalayam         K.R. Sivasubramaniyam 
30. Perundurai                  P.R. Kulandaivelu 
31. Bhavanisagar             G. Ramesh 
32. Gudaloor                     A. Yogeswaran 
33. Avinashi                      S. Meera 
34. Tiruppur North             M. Selvakumar 
35. Valparai                       M.S. Murugaraj 
36. Oddanchatram            Pa. Madhavan 
37. Nilakkotai                     K. Ramasamy 
38. Karur                            A. Ravi 
39. Krishnarayapuram        M. Kathirvel 
40. Manapparai                   P. Krishnagopal 
41. Thiruverumbur              S. Senthil Kumar 
42. Musiri                           K.S. Kumar 
43. Perambalur                  K. Rajendran 
44. Thittakudi                      R. Umanath 
45. Viruthachalam               Premalatha Vijayakant 
46. Panruti                           P. Sivakozhundu 
47. Cuddalore                      Gnanapandithan 
48. Keel Melur                      R. Prabhakaran 
49. Peravoorani                   M. Muthu Sivakumar 
50. Pudukottai                     M. Subramanian 
51. Sholavandan                 M. Jayalakshmi 
52. Madurai West                P. Balachander 
53. Aruppukottai                  R. Ramesh 
54. Paramakudi                 Ku.Chandraprakash 
55. Thoothukudi                 U. Chandran 
56. Mottapidaram               S. Arumuga Nainar 
57. Aalangulam                  S. Rajendranathan 
58. Radhapuram                 K. Jayapal
59. Colachel                        M. Sivakumar 
60. Vilavancode                     L. Eidensoni