Tamil Nadu polls: AIADMK names candidates for 171 seats in second list; ally BJP gets 20 seats
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Tamil Nadu polls: AIADMK names candidates for 171 seats in second list; ally BJP gets 20 seats

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Chennai: The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday released its second list of 171 nominees for the 6 April assembly polls and identified the segments to be contested by its allies, the PMK and BJP. Tamil Nadu Assembly has 234 seats and the state would have a single-phase poll on 6 April. sAssembly Speaker P Dhanapal, several ministers, including S P Velumani, P Thangamani, K A Sengottaiyan, and former ministers such as B V Ramana and TKM Chinnayya find a place in the list of candidates. The BJP would try its luck from 20 segments including Nagercoil, Kolachel and Vilavancode in Kanyakumari district besides the spiritual hub of Tiruvannamalai and Coimbatore South.

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