Prominent candidates file nominations in Madurai district
The Hindu
Prominent DMK and AIADMK candidates file nominations in Madurai district ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.
The DMK and AIADMK candidates were among the prominent contenders who filed their nominations in Assembly constituencies in Madurai district on Saturday.
R.B. Udhayakumar (AIADMK) and Sedapatti M. Manimaran (DMK), who will lock horns in Thirumangalam Assembly constituency, filed their nomination papers.
AIADMK candidate P. Saravanan and G. Thalapathi of DMK, who are contesting in Madurai North Assembly constituency, filed their nomination papers.
In Thirupparankundram Assembly constituency, AIADMK candidate V.V. Rajan Chellappa, DMK’s Kiruthiga Thangapandi and C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar of the TVK filed their nomination papers.
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Film producer, director, and actor Sundar C of the Pudiya Neethi Katchi (New Justice Party), the National Democratic Alliance candidate for Madurai Central Assembly constituency filed his nomination paper. He was accompanied by his wife and BJP leader Khushbu Sundar.
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Prominent DMK and AIADMK candidates file nominations in Madurai district ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.
A total of 58 nominations were filed on Saturday for the five Assembly constituencies in the district for the April 23 Assembly elections. Candidates filed 15 nominations for Tirunelveli, 10 for Palayamkottai and Ambasamudram each, 16 for Nanguneri and seven for Radhapuram on Saturday.
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