The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has released their candidates list for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026. The DMK president M.K. Stalin has released the list of 164 candidates and their constituencies on March 28, 2026.
Notably, M.K. Stalin is going to contest Kolathur, Udhayanidhi for Chepauk-(Thiruvallikeni), and Senthil Balaji for Coimbatore (South).
The list reflects a strong mix of education and new candidates’ representation, with 125 graduates , including 7 PhD holders . The party has also announced 18 women candidates . In terms of professional background, the list includes 15 doctors , 17 engineers , and 29 candidates with a law background . Notably, over 60 candidates are new faces , highlighting the party’s focus on fresh talent.
DMK Alliance seat sharing for Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 Parties No. of seats DMK 164 Congress 28 DMDK 10 VCK 8 CPI 5 CPI (M) 5 MDMK 4 IUML 2 KMDK 2 MNMK 2 Mukkulathor Pulipadai 1 MJK 1 SDPI 1 Tamilar Desham Katchi 1 Total 234
DMK Candidates List 2026 Assembly Constituencies Candidate name 1 – Gummidipoondi T.G. Govindarajan 4 – Thiruvallur V.G. Rajendran B.E. 5 – Poonamallee A. Krishnasamy B.A., B.L 6 – Avadi S.M. Nasar 7 – Maduravoyal Gaarampakkam Ganapathi 8 – Ambattur Dr. A.P. Poornima M.B.B.S., M.D. 9 – Madhavaram S. Sudharsanam M.A., B.L. 11 – Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar J.J. Ebenezer M.Com., B.L. 12 – Perambur R.D. Sekar B.Com., B.L. 13 – Kolathur MK. Stalin B.A 14 – Villivakkam Karthick Mohan 15 – Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar KS Ravichandran 16 – Egmore Tamizhan Prasanna 17 – Royapuram Dr. Suberkhan 18 – Harbour PK. Sekar Babu 19 – Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Udhayanidhi Stalin 20 – Thousand Lights Dr. Ezhilan Naganathan 21 – Anna Nagar Sitrarasu 22 – Virugampakkam Prabhakar Raja 23 – Saidapet Ma Subramanian 24 – Thiyagarayanagar Raja Anbazhagan 25 – Mylapore Velu 27 – Shozhinganallur Aravind Ramesh 28 – Alandur Tha. Mo. Anabarasan 31 – Tambaram Dr. RS. Krithika Devi 32 – Chengalpattu Karthik Thandapani 35 – Madurantakam Amulu Ponmalar 36 – Uthiramerur Sundar 37 – Kancheepuram Nithya Sukumar 40 – Katpadi Duraimurugan 41 – Ranipet Vinoth Gandhi 42 – Arcot Eswarappan 43 – Vellore Karthikeyan 44 – Anaikattu Nandha Kumar 45 – Kilvaithinankuppam Dr. Rajeswari Mohan Gandhi 48 – Ambur Vilvanathan 49 – Jolarpet Kavitha Thandapani 50 – Tirupattur Nallathambi 52 – Bargur Mathiazhagan 54 – Veppanahalli PS Srinivasan 55 – Hosur Sa Sathya 57 – Palacode Dr. V Senthil Kumar 60 – Pappireddippatti Palaniappan 61 – Harur Shamugham 62 – Chengam Giri 63 – Tiruvannamalai EV. Velu 64 – Kilpennathur K. Pichandi 65 – Kalasapakkam Saravanan 67 – Arani Mahalakshmi Govardhanan 68 – Cheyyar Jothi 69 – Vandavasi Ambethkumar 70 – Gingee Masthan 73 – Vanur Gowtham Dravidamani 74 – Villupuram Dr. Lakshumanan 75 – Vikravandi Anniyur Siva 76 – Tirukkoyilur Gowthamasigamani 77 – Ulundurpettai Vasanthavel 78 – Rishivandiyam Vasantham Karthikeyan 79 – Sankarapuram Udhayasooriyan 81 – Gangavalli Chinnadurai 83 – Yercaud Ravathy Madeswaran 85 – Mettur Mithun Chakkaravarthy 86 – Edappadi Kasi 87 – Sankari Manikandan 89 – Salem (North) Rajendran 90 – Salem (South) M Loganathan 91 – Veerapandi Dr. Tharun 92 – Rasipuram Dr. Mathivendhan 93 – Senthamangalam Poomalar 94 – Namakkal Rani 95 – Paramathi-Velur KS Moorthy 97 – Kumarapalayam S Balu 99 – Erode (West) Muthusamy 101 – Dharapuram (SC) Indirani 102 – Kangayam Samynathan 103 – Perundurai Thoppu Venkatachalam 104 – Bhavani KA Sekar 105 – Anthiyur Sivabalan 106 – Gobichettipalayam N Nallasivam 109 – Gudalur Dravida Mani 110 – Coonoor KM Raju 111 – Mettuppalayam Kavitha Kalyanasundaram 112 – Avanashi (SC) Dr. Kokila Mani 114 – Tiruppur (South) Dinesh Kumar 115 – Palladam Selvaraj 116 – Sulur Thalapathi Murugesan 118 – Coimbatore (North) Senthamil Selvan 119 – Thondamuthur NR Karthikeyan 120 – Coimbatore (South) Senthil Balaji 122 – Kinathukadavu Sabari Karthikeyan 124 – Valparai Sudhakar 125 – Udumalaipettai Jayakumar 126 – Madathukulam Jayaramakrishnan 128 – Oddanchatram Chakkarapani 129 – Athoor I Periyasamy 130 – Nilakkottai Naga Jothi 132 – Dindigul IP Senthil Kumar 133 – Vedasandur Samynathan 134 – Aravakurichi R Ilango 135 – Karur Thiyagarajan 136 – Krishnarayapuram CK Raja 137 – Kulithalai Chandran 139 – Srirangam Durairaj 140 – Tiruchirappalli (West) KN Nehru 141 – Tiruchirappalli (East) Inigo Irudhayaraj 142 – Thiruverumbur Anbil Mahesh 143 – Lalgudi Paari vallal 144 – Manachanallur Kathiravan 145 – Musiri Karunai Raja 147 – Perambalur ST Jayalakshmi 148 – Kunnam S S Sivashankar 149 – Ariyalur Latha Balu 150 – Jayankondam Kannan 151 – Tittagudi (SC) CV Ganesan 153 – Neyveli Sabha Rajendran 156 – Kurinjipadi MRK Panneerselvam 157 – Bhuvanagiri Durai K Savavanan 162 – Poompuhar Nivetha Murugan 165 – Vedaranyam Pugazhendi 167 – Mannargudi TRB Raja 168 – Thiruvarur Poondi Kalaivaanan 170 – Thiruvidaimarudur Govi chezhian 171 – Kumbakonam Anbazhagan 173 – Thiruvaiyaru Durai Chandrasekaran 174 – Thanjavur Ramanathan 175 – Orathanadu Vaithilingam 176 – Pattukkottai Annadurai 177 – Peravurani Ashok Kumar 179 – Viralimalai KK Chella Pandian 180 – Pudukkottai Muthuraja 181 – Thirumayam S Raghupathy 182 – Alangudi Meiyanathan 185 – Tiruppattur KR Periyakaruppan 187 – Manamadurai Tamizharasi Ravikumar 189 – Madurai East Murthy 190 – Sholavandan Venkatesan 191 – Madurai North Thalapathy 193 – Madurai Central PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan 194 – Madurai West Raghu Balaji 195 – Thiruparankundram Krithika Thangapandi 196 – Thirumangalam Sedapatti Manimaran 198 – Andipatti Maharajan 200 – Bodinayakanur O Panneerselvam 201 – Cumbum Ramakrishnan 202 – Rajapalayam Thanga Pandian 204 – Sattur Kadarkaray Raj 207 – Aruppukkottai KKSSR Ramachandran 208 – Tiruchuli Thangam Thennarasu 209 – Paramakudi KK Kathiravan 211 – Ramanathapuram Kathar Batcha alias Muthuramalingam 212 – Mudhukulathur RS Raja Kannappan 213 – Vilathikulam Markandeyan 214 – Thoothukkudi Geetha Jeevan 215 – Tiruchendur Anitha Radhakrishnan 217 – Ottapidaram PM Ramajayam 218 – Kovilpatti Karunanithi 220 – Vasudevanallur Raja 222 – Tenkasi Dr. Kalai Kathiravan 223 – Alangulam Paul Manoj Pandian 224 – Tirunelveli Subramaniyan 226 – Palayamkottai Abdul Wahab 228 – Radhapuram Appavu 229 – Kanniyakumari Mahesh 230 – Nagercoil S Austin
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Congress Candidates List 2026 for Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections S.No Constituency Name Candidate Name 1 2 – Ponneri (SC) Durai Chandrasekar 2 29 – Sriperumbudur (SC) K. Selvaperunthagai 3 39 – Sholingur A.M. Munirathinam 4 108 – Udhagamandalam B. Ramachandran 5 98 – Erode East Gopinath Palaniyappan 6 183 – Aranthangi T. Rama Chandran 7 155 – Cuddalore A. S. Chandrasekaran 8 161 – Mayiladuthurai Jamal Yunus Mohammed 9 184 – Karaikudi S. Mangudi 10 205 – Sivakasi Ganesan Ashokan 11 210 – Tiruvadanai Rama Karumanickam 12 216 – Srivaikuntam S. Oorvashi Amirtharaj 13 227 – Nanguneri Ruby Manoharan 14 231 – Colachel Dr. Tharagai Cuthbert 15 233 – Vilavancode T. T. Praveen 16 234 – Killiyoor Adv. S. Rajesh Kumar 17 26 – Velachery JHM Aassan Maulaana 18 51 – Uthangarai (SC) R. Kuppu Saamy 19 146 – Thuraiyur (SC) M. Vichu Lenin Prasath 20 117 – Kavundampalayam K. P. Surya Prakash 21 82 – Attur (SC) S. K. Arthanari 22 58 – Pennagaram GKM Tamil Kumaran 23 121 – Singanallur Ms. V. Shrinithi Naidu 24 225 – Ambasamudram V. P. Durai 25 53 – Krishnagiri Dr. A. Chella Kumar 26 197 – Usilampatti T. Saravana Kumar 27 219 – Sankarankovil (SC) Sangai Ganeshan
DMDK Candidates List 2026 S.No Constituency Candidate Name 1 3 – Tiruttani D. Krishnamoorthy 2 30 – Pallavaram D. Murugesan 3 46 – Gudiyattam K.B. Prathap, B.B.A., 4 59 – Dharmapuri Dr. V. Elangovan, M.B.B.S., 5 66 – Polur T.P. Saravanan M.com., M.Phil, B.L., 6 71 – Mailam L. Venkatesan, M.A., 7 84 – Omalur A.R Elangovan 8 88 – Salem (West) R. Mohanraj 9 152 – Vridhachalam Premalatha Vijayakanth B.A., 10 206 – Virudhunagar V. Vijaya Prabhakar B.Arch.,
VCK Candidates List 2026 S.No Assembly Constituencies Candidate Name 1 33 – Thiruporur Panneer Doss 2 34 – Cheyyur Sindhanai Selvan 3 38 – Arakkonam Ezhil Caroline 4 72 – Tindivanam Vanniarasu 5 80 – Kallakurichi Malathi 6 154 – Panruti Abdul Rahman 7 159 – Kattumannarkoil(SC) E. Jothimani 8 199 – Periyakulam Aatral Arasu
CPI(M) Candidates List 2026 S.No Assembly Constituencies Candidate name 1 127 – Palani N. Pandi 2 164 – Kilvelur T. Latha 3 178 – Gandarvakottai M. Chinnadhurai 4 232 – Padmanabhapuram R. Selaswami 5 10 – Tiruvottiyur L. Sundhararajan
CPI Candidates List 2026 S. No Assembly Constituencies Candidate name 1 56 – Thali T. Ramachandran 2 107 – Bhavanisagar (R) B.L. Sundaram 3 113 – Tiruppur North Ravi 4 166 – Thiruthuraipoondi (R) K. Marimuthu 5 203 – Srivilliputhur (R) P. Mahalingam
MDMK Candidates List 2026 S.No Assembly Constituencies Candidate name 1 100 – Modakkurichi Senthil Nathan 2 160 – Sirkazhi Senthil Selvan 3 192 – Madurai South Boominathan 4 221 – Kadayanallur Rajendran
Other DMK Alliance parties and candidates list S.No Party Assembly Constituencies Candidate name 1 KMDK 96 – Tiruchengodu E.R. Eswaran, B.E 2 KMDK 123 – Pollachi K. Nithyanandhan, B.E 3 MNMK 138 – Manapparai P. Abdul Samad 4 MNMK 163 – Nagapattinam Dr. M. H. Jawahirullah 5 Mukkulathor Pulipadai 186 – Sivaganga S. Karunas 6 MNJK 158 – Chidambaram M. Tamimun Ansari B.A 7 SDPI 16 – Nannilam Mohammed Mubarak 8 Tamilar Desham Katchi 131 – Natham K.K Selva Kumar
