Congress announces candidates for Puducherry Assembly elections – read full list | puducherry election news
New Delhi: Puducherry Congress president V Vaithilingam released the party’s list of 16 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in the union territory to be held on April 9.Two-time former Puducherry Chief Minister Vaithilingam, who will contest from Thattanchavady, will face AINRC founder-president and outgoing Chief Minister N Rangasamy, who is seeking a second consecutive term and fifth term overall.
Other candidates named in the release include:
- Mannadipattu: DPR Selvam
- Osudu: P Karthikeyan
- Indiranagar: N Raja Kumar
- Kamrajnagar: PK Devdas
- Losspet: M Vaidyanathan
- Muthialpet: G Rajendran
- Ariyankuppam: J Vijayalakshmi
- Manveli: RKR Anandaraman
- Emblem: M Kandasamy
- Nettapakkam: ji anparasan
- Nedungdu: Dinesh Kumar
- Tirunallar: R Kamalakannan
- Karaikal Answer: AM Ranjeet
- Mahe: Ramesh Parmbath
- Yanam: Kollapally Srinivas Ashok
The announcement comes after the seat-sharing agreement with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Under the agreement, Congress will contest on 16 out of 30 seats, while DMK will field its candidates on the remaining 14.In the 2021 assembly elections, AINRC emerged as the largest party with 10 seats, followed by DMK with six seats, while BJP and Congress won six seats each. The BJP is an ally of the AINRC, which was founded by Rangasamy in February 2011 after leaving the Congress.There are 33 seats in Puducherry Assembly. Of these, 30 members are elected, while the remaining three are nominated by the Central Government.
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