Tamil Nadu Polls:AIADMK releases list of 171 candidates

The much awaited list of AIADMK candidates is come out on Wednesday. The party  has released a list of 171 candidates for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election taking the total number of declared nominees to 177. The party had earlier released the names of six candidates including Chief Minister EK Palaniswami. The AIADMK is contesting the Tamil Nadu Assembly election in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Paattali Makkal Katchi PMK. As per the seat-sharing formula, the BJP has got 20 seats to contest. The PMK has got 23 seats after the DMDK of actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth walked out of the alliance.As of now, 14 seats still remain to be shared in the ruling alliance of Tamil Nadu, which goes to the polls in a single-phase for all 234 seats on April 6.

Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan on Wednesday also  released the first list of 71 candidates for the Tamil Nadu election. The key names among them are former bureaucrat Santosh Babu, who will contest from Villivakkam; V Ponraj, ex-secretary to former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who will contest from Anna Nagar; environment activist Padmapriya, who will fight from Maduravoyal and social worker Sneha Mohandoss, who will contest from Saidapet. Haasan's seat has not been announced yet, though there is a buzz that he would stand from Alandur, from where former chief minister MG Ramachandran, who founded the AIADMK, was elected twice when it was called Parangimalai.