The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released a list of 27 candidates for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, naming Union minister L Murugan from the Avanashi constituency and former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan from Mylapore.
According to the list issued by the party, BJP Mahila Morcha national president Vanathi Srinivasan will contest from Coimbatore (North). The party has also fielded Kirthika Shivkumar from Modakkurichi, S Vijayadharani from Vilavancode and Nagesh Kumar from the Thalli seat.
Here's the full list of candidates contesting from individual assembly.
| Sl. | Assembly No. & Name | Name of the Candidate | |
| 1. | 6 | Avadi | M. Rajasimha Mahindra (M. Ashwiinkumar) |
| 2. | 25 | Mylapore | (Dr.) Tamilisai Soundararajan |
| 3. | 56 | Thalli | Dr. Nagesh Kumar |
| 4. | 63 | Tiruvannamalai | C. Elumalai |
| 5. | 92 | Rasipuram (SC) | Dr. S.D. Premkumar |
| 6. | 100 | Modakkurichi | Kirthika Shivkumar |
| 7. | 108 | Udhagamandalam | Bhojarajan |
| 8. | 112 | Avanashi (SC) | Dr. L. Murugan |
| 9. | 114 | Tiruppur (South) | Shri S. Thangaraj |
| 10. | 118 | Coimbatore (North) | Smt. Vanathi Srinivasan |
| 11. | 168 | Thiruvarur | Shri Govi Chandru |
| 12. | 174 | Thanjavur | Shri M. Muruganandam |
| 13. | 178 | Gandharvakottai (SC) | Shri C. Udhayakumar |
| 14. | 180 | Pudukkottai | N. Ramachandran |
| 15. | 183 | Aranthangi | Kavitha Srikanth |
| 16. | 185 | Tiruppattur | K.C. Thirumaran |
| 17. | 187 | Manamadurai (SC) | Pon. V. Balaganapathy |
| 18. | 192 | Madurai South | Prof. Raama Sreenivasan |
| 19. | 204 | Sattur | Shri Nainar Nagenthran |
| 20. | 211 | Ramanathapuram | GBS K. Nagendran |
| 21. | 215 | Tiruchendur | KRM Radhakrishnan |
| 22. | 220 | Vasudevanallur (SC) | Ananthan Ayyasamy |
| 23. | 228 | Radhapuram | S.P. Balakrishnan |
| 24. | 230 | Nagercoil | M.R. Gandhi |
| 25. | 231 | Colachel | T. Sivakumar |
| 26. | 232 | Padmanabhapuram | P. Ramesh |
| 27. | 233 | Vilavancode | S. Vijayadharani |
Source: BJP Tamil Nadu website
Meanwhile, the arch-rivals-- DMK and AIADMK, are locked in a direct contest in 121 constituencies. The DMK, leading the Secular Progressive Alliance, is contesting from 175 seats, while the AIADMK is in the fray in 169 constituencies.
Single phase elections to 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will be held on April 23, with the counting slated for May 4.
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