Page 10 - Tamil Nadu Elections

Kamal Haasan's car 'attacked' during poll campaign in TN: Party leader

Makkal Needhi Maiam chief's car was allegedly attacked by a young man late Sunday when the actor-politician was proceeding towards a hotel here after campaigning for the April 6 Assembly polls

Houses for all, education loan scrapped: AIADMK manifesto has 164 promises

AIADMK leaders Edappadi K Palaniswami, the state's chief minister, and O Panneerselvam, deputy chief minister, released the manifesto for elections on April 6

TN polls: Communist Party of India announces candidates for 6 seats

The CPI on Sunday announced its list of candidates for six seats it is contesting in alliance with the DMK

LIVE: Farmers' stir may continue till December, says Rakesh Tikait

BJP announces 63 candidates for third, fourth phase of Bengal polls

TN Assembly polls: MK Stalin to start his campaign trail from March 15

Stalin will start his election campaign from former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's birth place Thiruvaarur from March 15 for the Assembly polls

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami to file nomination on Monday

K Palaniswami would on Monday file his nomination for the April 6 assembly polls from Edappadi constituency, aiming for a hat-trick of wins from the segment in his home district of Salem

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Sitting DMK MLA P Saravanan joins BJP

DMK MLA P Saravanan joined the BJP in Chennai ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Rift in Congress over seat allocation

Days ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, a rift seems to have emerged inside Congress over seat allocation to candidates for the assembly polls.A protest over the allocation of tickets for the polls, led by the Congress Lok Sabha MP Vishnu Prasad, was called off after an assurance by the party's state chief KS Alagiri on the issue.Tamil Nadu Congress president Alagiri stated: "We are discussing with all the cadres and their views are being taken. We will inform the party's high command in Delhi about the developments. The final decision on the issue will be taken by them. It's our responsibility to take all our party members' views and inform the high command."On March 7, Congress and DMK signed a pact wherein Congress decided for contesting 25 constituencies for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state. DMK will contest for 173 seats.However, Congress Lok Sabha MP Vishnu Prasad on Saturday expressed displeasure over seat allocation of candidates by the party for the upcoming .

DMDK exit from AIADMK-led alliance will not affect our winning chances: BJP

BJP Tamil Nadu president L Murugan has said that DMDK's exit from the AIADMK-led coalition for the state Assembly elections will not affect the winning chances of the alliance

DMK chief's son, Udhayanidhi to make electoral debut, contest from Chennai

DMK chief MK Stalin's son, Udhayanidhi Stalin is all set to make his electoral debut in the upcoming assembly elections. He will be contesting from Chennai's Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency

TN polls: Minister DC Srinivasan files nomination from Dindigul seat

Ahead of Assembly elections, Tamil Nadu Minister Dindigul C Srinivasan on Friday filed his nomination as the AIADMK candidate from the Dindigul constituency.

AMMK releases third list of candidates for April 6 Tamil Nadu elections

The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, led by expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala's nephew T T V Dhinakaran, on Friday released the third list of 130 candidates for next month's Assembly elections

Tamil Nadu polls: Kamal Haasan to contest from Coimbatore South

The Makkal Needhi Maiam president made the announcement on Friday, releasing the second list of his party's candidates

DMK leader Stalin's son Udayanidhi to make his electoral debut in April

The actor-turned-politician will be contesting from Chepauk-Triplicane seat, which is a DMK bastion

Congress, BJP direct fight in 5 Tamil Nadu Assembly, 1 Lok Sabha seats

The seats are Colachel, Vilavancode, Udhagamandalam, Karaikudi and Coimbatore South. Other than these seats the national parties are fighting against each other in the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat

AIADMK supporters protest against BJP leader's candidature

The supporters of AIADMK MLA Amman Arjunan staged protests and blocked roads in Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Sitting AIADMK MLA joins TTV Dhinakaran's AMMK

Sattur AIADMK MLA Rajavarman joined the TTV Dhinakaran's Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK)

Provide adequate time to staff engaged in poll works to cast votes: HC

The Madras HC on Wednesday directed the Election Commission to ensure that govt staff and teachers engaged in election works are provided adequate time to exercise their votes through postal ballot

Tamil Nadu polls: AIADMK releases list of 171 candidates

Ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday released a list of 171 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections

AIMIM ties up with T T V Dhinakaran's AMMK for TN Assembly polls

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday announced an alliance with the AMMK of TTV Dhinakaran for the April 6 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Owaisi told reporters here that his party would contest three seats-- Vaniyambadi, Krishnagiri and Sankarapuram -- in the polls as part of the alliance. He said the alliance partners would jointly campaign andhe would attend a public meeting of the alliance to be held at the YMCA grounds in Chennai on March 12. Saying that Tamil Nadu has generally seen alliances led by AIADMK and DMK so far, he said the coalition led by Dhinakaran's AMMK would go to the people as a third alternative. He hoped that the electorate of Tamil Nadu would bless the partners of the AMMK-led alliance.