Tamil Nadu Assembly poll: Congress names 27 candidates; Melur nominee yet to be announced

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TNCC chief Selvaperunthagai. File
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The Congress on Friday (April 3, 2026) finally announced its list of candidates for 27 out of 28 Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies allotted to it by the DMK for the upcoming polls.

The list was released after lengthy discussions in New Delhi. Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. Selvaperunthagai and Congress Legislature party leader S. Rajeshkumar retained their seats in Sriperumbudhur and Killiyoor respectively. New entrant G.K.M. Tamil Kumaran, son of former Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president G.K. Mani, has been given the Pennagaram seat despite severe opposition from some senior leaders.

The party is yet to announce its candidate for Melur, as influential Congress leaders are apparently hoping to field one of their supporters from the constituency.

Sitting MLA Durai Chandrasekar will contest again from his Ponneri (SC) constituency. Congress sitting MLAs for Velachery and Sholinghar, JMH Aassan Maulana and A.M. Munirathinam, will also contest from their respective seats.

Former Krishnagiri MP A. Chella Kumar has been fielded in the Krishnagiri constituency and Gopinath Palaniyappan will contest from the Erode East constituency, previously held by late E.V.K.S. Elangovan and late Thirumagan E.V. Raa. Thirumagan.

B. Ramachandran is contesting from Udhagamandalam and Dr. Tharagai Cuthbert has been fielded in Colachel. T.T. Praveen will face off with former Congress MLA S. Vijayadarini, who is now with the BJP, in Vilavancode.

V. Shrinithi Naidu and K.P. Surya Prakash have been fielded in the Singanallur and Kavundampalayam constituencies respectively, while A.S. Chandrasekaran will contest from the Cuddalore constituency.

S. Mangudi retains the Karaikudi constituency, where a four-cornered contest is expected, with Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief Seeman, Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam’s (AMMK) Therboki Pandian, and the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) Prabhu also in the fray.

T. Saravana Kumar will contest from Usilampatti and Ganesan Ashokan has been given the Sivakasi ticket. Rama Karumanickam has retained the Tiruvadanai seat, and S. Oorvashi Amirtharaj has retained the Srivaikuntam segment. Ruby Manoharan will once again contest from Nanguneri.

While Sangai Ganeshan has been fielded from the Sankarankovil (SC) constituency, M. Vichu Lenin Prasath has been fielded from Thuraiyur (SC), S.K. Arthanari from Attur (SC), and R. Kuppu Samy from Uthangarai (SC). T. Rama Chandhiran has been fielded from Aranthangi and V.P. Durai, from Ambasamudram. Jamal Yunus Mohammed has been given the ticket to Mayiladuthurai.

Published – April 03, 2026 05:13 pm IST

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Congress Finalises Seats In These States, Announcement Soon

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The party will also contest 16 of the 20 seats from Kerala.

New Delhi:

The Congress election committee, in its very first meeting late last evening, has finalised most candidates for six of ten states it was considering. “A formal announcement will be made soon,” said senior party leader KC Venugopal when the meeting finished close to midnight.

“We finalised seats from Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Lakshadweep… The procedure is going on, formal announcement will be made very soon,” Mr Venugopal told reporters.

Sources said Rahul Gandhi will contest again from his seat Wayanad in Kerala, former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon and Jyotsna Mahant from Korba. All the key leaders from Chhattisgarh will be in the fray.

The party will also contest 16 of the 20 seats from Kerala and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor will be among the candidates, sources said.

In Karnataka, the Congress will not field state ministers, sources said, amid reports that most ministers are unwilling to contest the national elections. Two ministers have gone public with their reservations. Only one minister could be in the running if he decides to contest, sources said.

Among the candidates from the state is state party chief DK Shivakumar’s brother, party MP DK Suresh. No decision has been taken on Kalburgi, the seat of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.

The committee will meet again on Monday.

The list that was to be discussed today included Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim and Lakshadweep. The party has left the northeast for the next round.

With the general elections due in summer, the finalisation of candidates has started even though the party is yet to resolve the seat-sharing issue in two crucial states – Maharashtra and Bengal — which together account for 90 seats.

Talks with Maha Vikas Aghadi allies for the 48 seats in Maharashtra is still in progress. In Bengal, the Congress is trying to placate Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who has put her INDIA membership on hold, miffed with the way the seat sharing process was going.

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