TVK chief Vijay released its full list of 234 candidates for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on 29 March 2026. Party chief Vijay will himself contest from two constituencies – Perambur and Trichy East. A review of the candidate list shows that several prominent figures carry documented histories in rival political parties.
There are reports being circulated that TVK’s list includes 32 former AIADMK members, 9 former DMK members, and 21 from other parties.
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Some of the prominent names are as below:
KA Sengottaiyan, a nine-time MLA and former school education minister in the AIADMK government under J Jayalalithaa, is TVK’s chief coordinator and is contesting from the Gobichettipalayam constituency. Ku. Pa. Krishnan, another former AIADMK minister, has been fielded from Lalgudi. J.C.D. Prabhakar, a former AIADMK MLA, is TVK’s candidate for Thousand Lights. V. Sathyabama, who served as an AIADMK MP from Tiruppur in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, is contesting Tiruppur North on a TVK ticket.
V.S. Babu, who won the Purasawalkam constituency as a DMK MLA in the 2006 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, has been fielded by TVK in the Kolathur constituency – the seat currently held by Chief Minister MK Stalin.
D. Selvam, former general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC), was suspended by TNCC president K. Selvaperunthagai for holding meetings with TVK. He formally joined TVK on 26 March 2026 and is now the party’s candidate in the Chepauk–Thiruvallikeni constituency, currently held by Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.
CTR Nirmal Kumar, who served as Tamil Nadu BJP IT Wing chief before resigning in March 2023 and briefly joining the AIADMK, is now TVK’s Deputy General Secretary (IT and Social Media Division) and has been fielded from Thirupparankundram.
Three more ex-AIADMK figures feature in TVK’s list. Dr. A. Sridaran, contesting from Valparai (SC Reserved), is a former AIADMK MLA who won that same seat in 1991. MV Karuppaiah, fielded from Sozhavanthan (SC Reserved), served as an AIADMK MLA from the neighbouring Sholavandan constituency between 2011 and 2016. Reddiarpatti Narayanan, TVK’s candidate in Nanguneri, is also a former AIADMK MLA who crossed over to Vijay’s party after the AIADMK denied him the ticket for the 2026 elections.
In total, in over 60 constituencies TVK has fielded candidates who belong to other parties.
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