The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its fourth list comprising 15 candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, focusing on constituencies in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
In Tamil Nadu, Pon V Balaganapathy will contest from Tiruvallur, RC Paul Kanagaraj from Chennai (North), A Ashwathaman from Tiruvannamalai, KP Ramalingam from Namakkal, and AP Muruganandam from Tiruppur.
Additionally, K Vasantharajan will represent Pollachi, VV Senthilnathan from Karur, P Karthiyayini from Chidambaram (SC), SGM Ramesh from Nagapattinam, M Muruganandam from Thanjavur, Devanathan Yadav from Sivaganga, Raama Sreenivasan from Madurai, Raadhika Sarathkumar from Virudhunagar, and B John Pandian from Tenkasi (SC).
A Namassivayam has been selected to contest the lone seat in the Union Territory of Puducherry in the upcoming polls.
The announcement was made by National General Secretary Arun Singh following the meeting of the Central Election Committee of the BJP.
Earlier, the party released a list of nine Lok Sabha candidates for Tamil Nadu, with former Telangana Governor and party leader Tamilisai Soundarajan fielded from Chennai South and Annamalai from Coimbatore.
The AIADMK has nominated Singai G Ramachandran, head of the party’s IT wing, as its candidate for the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat.
Voting for all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu will take place in the first phase on April 19.
In the 2019 general elections, the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, comprising Congress, VCK, MDMK, CPI, CPI(M), IUML, MMK, KMDK, TVK, AIFB, secured a landslide victory by winning 38 of the 39 seats.
In 2019, DMK won 23 Lok Sabha seats with a 33.2 per cent vote share, Congress secured 8 seats with a 12.9 per cent vote, and CPI won two seats in Tamil Nadu.
The general election for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country will be held in seven phases starting April 19, with nearly 97 crore voters eligible to cast their votes.
