A likely consolidation of voters of non-Mukkulathor communities in Kovilpatti Assembly constituency may have helped AIADMK’s Kadambur C. Raju defeat AMMK founder T.T.V. The AMMK leader had shifted to Kovilpatti down south hoping to spring a surprise much like he did in Chennai’s Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency in a by-poll in 2017. His supporters back then argued that it would …
Kovilpatti is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Kovilpatti constituency had a total of 2,48,279 registered voters. Past election results and winners In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, Kadambur C Raju of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party won the Kovilpatti seat. The Tamil …
Several key parties in Tamil Nadu announced their candidates on Friday that provided a clear picture of what the important contests in the 243 member assembly will look like in the upcoming elections. Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan said, “I see in the battle in Coimbtatore South, a battle for the soil, language and people of Tamil Nadu. Chepauk MK Stalin’s son …
Chennai: Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam top leader and AIADMK rival, TTV Dhinakaran would contest from the Kovilpatti segment in southern Tamil Nadu and take on Information Minister, Kadambur C Raju. In the AMMK’s second list of 50 candidates released on Thursday, the late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa’s confidante VK Sasikala’s nephew Dhinakaran’s name figures on the top. Dhinakaran, known as …