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Assmebly polls: TMC, AIADMK released first list of candidates

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced on Friday she will contest from the Nandigram constituency in the assembly elections in West Bengal. She declared 291 candidates for 294 seats in the first list of her party. “I will contest from Nandigram and my party colleague Sovandeb Chattopadhyay will be fighting from Bhawanipore seat,” the Bengal chief minister has said. Three hill constituencies of Darjeeling, Kurswon and Kalimpong have been left for "friendly parties".

No candidate above 80 will contest from the Trinamool Congress, the Chief Minister announced. "We have had to drop a few very old friends. We are thankful to them," she said. Among prominent candidates is former IPS officer Humayun Kabir, actors Sayoni Ghosh and June Maliah will also contest the election and cricketer Manoj Tiwary. Ms Banerjee said the Trinamool has fielded 50 women, 42 Muslim candidates, 79 scheduled caste candidates and 17 Scheduled Tribe candidates. She also thanked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader and Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren for extending their support to her for the upcoming state legislative assembly elections.

In Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK released its first list of canditates on Friday. Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami will contest from Edappadi constituency in his home turf of Salem district, while deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam will contest from Bodinayakanur. All the six candidates have been fielded from the seats they won in the 2016 state elections. Fisheries minister D Jayakumar will contest from Royapuram and law minister C V Shanmugam from Villupuram. Former minister S P Shanmuganathan will contest from Srivaikuntam and legislator S Thenmozhi from the reserved constituency of Nilakottai. AIADMK is seeking a third consecutive term in these elections. The party is in alliance with the BJP, PMK, DMDK in the state. AIADMK has allotted 23 seats to PMK and is yet to reach a consensus on seat-sharing with the BJP and DMDK. A single-phase election to 234 assembly seats is scheduled for April 6 in Tamil Nadu. 


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