DMK candidate list

Late on Sunday, the DMK announced its candidate list. As expected, the Chief Minister’s son Azhagiri has been announced as the candidate for the Madurai Lok Sabha seat. The party has dropped 7 sitting MPs and a few of the candidates like TR Balu and Raja have changed their seats following delimitation. Two actors (Napolean and Ritheesh) have featured in the list. According to the Hindu,

The list of DMK candidates for the 21 constituencies, released by Mr. Karunanidhi on Sunday, has 12 new faces including two film actors, D.Napoleon (former MLA) and J.K.Ritheesh and two women. Seven sitting MPs, including four Union Ministers — Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan, K.Venkatapathy, S. Regupathy and Radhika Selvi — do not find a place in the list. Mr Karunanidhi told reporters that the sitting MPs have opted out to pave way for the new faces. He said he would launch the campaign in Chennai on April 18.

1.Kanyakumai –Helen Davidson
2.Tuticorin –S R Jeyadurai
3.Ramanathapuram –K Sivakumar (a) JK Ritheesh
4.Madurai –M K Azhagiri
5.Tanjavur –SS Palanimackam
6.Nagapattinam (res) –AKS Vijayan
7.Perambalur –D Napolean
8.Karur –K C Palanisamy
9.Pollachi –M Shanmugasundaram
10.Nilgiris (res) –A Raja
11.Namakkal –S Gandhiselvan
12.Kallakurichi –Adi Shankar
13.Tiruvannamalai –T Venugopal
14.Dharmapuri –Thamaraichelvan
15.Krishnagiri –EG Sukavanam
16.Arakonam –S Jegathratchagan
17.Sriperumbudur –T R Baalu
18.Tiruvallore (res) –Gayathri Sridharan
19.North Chennai –TKS Elangovan
20.Central Chennai –Dayanidhi Maran
21.South Chennai –R S Barathy.