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Lok Sabha Elections in Tamil Nadu: Top contenders and key constituencies

Tamil Nadu goes to polls in the second phase of the seven-phase elections. Elections to 39 parliamentary seats will take place on April 18 in a single-phase polling.
Lok Sabha Elections in Tamil Nadu: Top contenders and key constituencies
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu goes to polls in the second phase of the seven-phase elections. Elections to 39 parliamentary seats will take place on April 18 in a single-phase polling. Lok Sabha elections 2019: Get all live updates
TOP CONTENDERS
The four-cornered contest features AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), its chief rival DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), actor Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam and TTV Dhinakaran's Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK).

This time the elections are taking place sans the Dravidian stalwarts M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa. AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa passed away in December 2016 while Karunanidhi died in August 2018.
While the DMK is contesting on 20 seats, the Congress is fighting elections on 9 seats in Tamil Nadu. In the AIADMK-BJP alliance, the national party will be contesting from five seats in the state while the PMK will be contesting from seven. Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha elections: Get all live updates
HOW MANY SEATS?
Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats and one in neighbouring Puducherry. Here is the list of constituencies:
Arakkonam, Arani, Chennai Central, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chidambaram(SC), Coimbatore,

Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram(SC), Kanyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam(SC), Namakkal Nilgiris(SC), Perambalur, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga, Sriperumbudur, Tenkasi(SC), Thanjavur, Theni, Thiruvallur(SC), Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Villupuram(SC), Virudhunagar, Puducherry(Union Territory)
KEY CONSTITUENCIES
The key constutuencies include Sivaganga, Chennai South, Chennai North, Chennai Central, Chidambaram(SC), Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Kanyakumari, Karur, Thoothukudi , Nilgiris(SC), Trichy, Vellore amd Arani. Here is a list of contituencies with prominent candiadates or clashes.
SEATSCHIEF CANDIDATES
SivagangaH Raja (BJP); Karti Chidambaram (Congress)
Chennai SouthJayavardhan Jayakumar (AIADMK); Tamizhachi Thangapandian (DMK)
Chennai NorthR Mohanraj (DMDK); Kalanidhi Veerasami (DMK)
Chennai CentralSam Paul (PMK); Dayanidhi Maran (DMK)
Chidambaram(SC)P Chandrasekar (AIADMK);
CoimbatoreCP Radhakrishnan (BJP)
CuddaloreR Govindasamy (PMK); T.R.P.S. Ramesh (DMK)
DharmapuriAnbumani Ramadoss (PMK)
KanyakumariPon Radhakrishnan (BJP); H Vasanhakumar
Karur M Thambidurai (AIADMK); Jothimani (Congress)
Thoothukudi
Dr Tamilisai Soundarrajan (BJP); Kanimozhi (DMK)
Nilgiris(SC)M Thiagarajan (AIADMK); A Raja (DMK)
TrichyDr V Ilangovan (DMDK); Su. Thirunnavukkarasar (Congress)
VelloreAC Shanmugam (Puthiya Needhi Katchi); T.M. Kathir Anandh (DMK)
AraniV Elumalai (AIADMK); Dr MK Vishnu Prasad (Congress)

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