Jayalalithaa to contest from Chennai, releases candidate list

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IANS Chennai
Last Updated : Apr 04 2016 | 1:13 PM IST

AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announced on Monday that she will seek re-election from the Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency here.

At a time when other parties are finalising seat sharing arrangements with others, Jayalalithaa released the list of AIADMK candidates for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala assembly elections.

The AIADMK will contest in 227 of the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. It has allotted seven constituencies to its alliance partners.

In Puducherry, the AIADMK will contest in all the 30 seats and in Kerala it will put up seven candidates.

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First Published: Apr 04 2016 | 1:04 PM IST

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