Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and popular actor C Joseph Vijay on Sunday, March 29, unveiled the party’s candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections. TVK has announced candidates for all 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and 30 seats in Puducherry.
Vijay will make his debut in these elections and contest from Perambur in Chennai and Tiruchirapalli East.
Senior leaders and close team members, including N Anand, Adhav Arjuna, R Arunraaj, CTR Nirmal Kumar, and KA Sengottaiyan, were named to contest from key seats such as T Nagar, Villivakkam, Gobichettipalayam, and Thirupparankundram.
The party’s manifesto for the upcoming elections promises anti-drug protection zones. Vijay also announced monthly assistance of ₹4,000 for graduates and ₹2,000 for diploma holders.
Vijay unveiled the list of candidates for 234 seats for the Assembly elections.
Tamil Assembly elections 2026: TVK key candidates
| Constituency No. | Constituency Name | Candidate Name |
| 1 | Gummidipoondi | S Vijayakumar |
| 2 | Ponneri | MS Ravi |
| 3 | Tiruttani | M Sathiyakumar |
| 4 | Thiruvallur | T Arunkumar |
| 5 | Poonamallee | Prakash |
| 6 | Avadi | Ramesh Kumar |
| 7 | Maduravoyal | Revanth Charan |
| 8 | Ambattur | Balamurugan |
| 9 | Madhavaram | Vijayaprabhu |
| 10 | Thiruvottiyur | Senthil Kumar |
| 11 | RK Nagar | Mariya Wilson |
| 12 | Perambur | Joseph Vijay |
| 13 | Kolathur | VS Babu |
| 14 | Villivakkam | Adhav Arjuna |
| 15 | Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar | Pallavi |
| 16 | Egmore | Rajmohan |
| 17 | Royapuram | Vijay Ramu |
| 18 | Harbour | Senora PS Ashok |
| 19 | Chepauk | D Selvam |
| 20 | Thousand Lights | Prabhakar |
| 21 | Anna Nagar | VK Ramkumar |
| 22 | Virugambakkam | Harinathan |
| 23 | Saidapet | Arul Prakasam |
| 24 | T Nagar | N Anand |
| 25 | Mylapore | P Venkataramanan |
| 26 | Velachery | R Kumar |
| 27 | Sholinganallur | Saravanamurthi |
| 28 | Alandur | Harish |
| 29 | Sriperumbudur | Thennarasu |
| 30 | Pallavaram | Kamatchi |
| 31 | Tambaram | Sarath Kumar |
| 32 | Chengalpattu | Thiagarajan |
| 33 | Tiruporur | Vijayaraj |
| 34 | Cheyyur | Mohanraja |
| 35 | Maduranthakam | Ezhil Cathrine |
| 36 | Uthiramerur | Munirathinam |
| 37 | Kancheepuram | Ranjith Kumar |
| 38 | Arakkonam | Kanthiraj |
| 39 | Sholingur | G Kapil |
| 40 | Katpadi | M Sudhakar |
| 41 | Ranipet | Tahira |
| 42 | Arcot | Vijay Mohan |
| 43 | Vellore | Vinoth Kannan |
| 44 | Anaicut | Velmurugan |
| 45 | KV Kuppam | Thenral Kumar |
| 46 | Gudiyattam | K Sindhu |
| 47 | Vaniyambadi | Syed Burhanuddin |
| 48 | Ambur | Imthiyaz |
| 49 | Jolarpet | Munisamy |
| 50 | Tirupattur | N Tirupathi |
| 51 | Uthangarai | P Kumaravel |
| 52 | Bargur | Muralidharan |
| 53 | Krishnagiri | Mugunthan |
| 54 | Veppanahalli | Sampangi |
| 55 | Hosur | Ambirish |
| 56 | Thalli | G Suresh |
| 57 | Palacode | R Gopi |
| 58 | Pennagaram | C Gajendran |
| 59 | Dharmapuri | Sivan |
| 60 | Pappireddipatti | Thilagavathi |
| 61 | Harur | Rakesh |
| 62 | Chengam | Bharathidasan |
| 63 | Tiruvannamalai | Arul Arumugam |
| 64 | Kilpennaathur | Raja |
| 65 | Kalasapakkam | Ezhumalai |
| 66 | Polur | Abhishek |
| 67 | Arani | Venkatesh Kumar |
| 68 | Cheyyar | Thasi K Mohan |
| 69 | Vandavasi | Udhaya Kumar |
| 70 | Gingee | Chandrasekara |
| 71 | Maliam | Vijay Niranjan |
| 72 | Tindivanam | Sakthivel |
| 73 | Vanur | Suresh |
| 74 | Villupuram | Moganraj |
| 75 | Vikravandi | Vijay Vadivel |
| 76 | Tirukkoyilur | Barani Balaji |
| 77 | Ulundurpettai | Sudhakar |
| 78 | Rishivandiyam | Ashok Kumar |
| 79 | Sankarapuram | Jegadeesan |
| 80 | Kallakurichi | Arulvignesh |
| 81 | Gangavalli | Sujatha |
| 82 | Attur | Selvabharathi |
| 83 | Yercaud | Lakshmi |
| 84 | Omalur | Athiyaman |
| 85 | Mettur | Selvam |
| 86 | Edapappi | Arunkumar |
| 87 | Sankari | Senthilkumar |
| 88 | Salem West | Lakshmanan |
| 89 | Salem North | Sivakumar |
| 90 | Salem South | Vijay Thamizan Parthiban |
| 91 | Veerapandi | Palanivel |
| 92 | Rasipuram | Lokesh Dhanapal |
| 93 | Sendamangala | Chandrasekar |
| 94 | Namakkal | Dilip |
| 95 | Paramathi Velur | Nandhakumar |
| 96 | Tiruchengode | Arunkumar |
| 97 | Kumarapalayam | Vijayalakshmi |
| 98 | Erode East | Vijay Balaji |
| 99 | Erode West | Anand Mohan |
| 100 | Modakkurichi | Shanmugan |
| 101 | Dharapuram | Gowri Chitra |
| 102 | Kangayam | Mani |
| 103 | Perundurai | VP Arunasalam |
| 104 | Bhavani | Balakrishnan |
| 105 | Anthiyur | Vijay Venkatesh |
| 106 | Gobichettipalayam | KA Sengottaiyan |
| 107 | Bhavanisagar | VP Thamizhselvi |
| 108 | Udhagamandal | Ibrahim |
| 109 | Gudalur | Deep Sah Kishore |
| 110 | Coonoor | Thangaraj |
| 111 | Mettupalayam | Sunil Anand |
| 112 | Avinashi | Kamali |
| 113 | Tiruppur North | Sathyabama |
| 114 | Tiruppur | Balamurugan |
| 115 | Palladam | Ramkumar |
| 116 | Sulur | Sugumar |
| 117 | Kavundampalayam | Kanimozhi |
| 118 | Coimbatore North | Sampathkumar |
| 119 | Thondamuthur | Sathish Raja |
| 120 | Coimbatore South | Senthilkumar |
| 121 | Singanallur | Giri Prasad |
| 122 | Kinathukadavu | Vignesh |
| 123 | Pollachi | Ramanathan |
| 124 | Valparai | Sridharan |
| 125 | Udumalaipettai | GK Sankat |
| 126 | Madathukulam | Thirumalai |
| 127 | Palani | Pravin Kumar |
| 128 | Oddanchatram | Mogan |
| 129 | Athoor | Kalaiselvi |
| 130 | Nilakottai | Aiyanar |
| 131 | Natham | Ramesh |
| 132 | Dindigul | Nazir Raja |
| 133 | Vedasandur | Nagajyothi |
| 134 | Aravakurichi | Karthikeyan |
| 135 | Karur | Mathiyalagan |
| 136 | Krishnarayapuram | Madhan |
| 137 | Kulithalai | Balasubramani |
| 138 | Manapparai | Kathiravan |
| 139 | Srirangam | S Ramesh |
| 140 | Tiruchirapalli West | Ramamoorthi |
| 141 | Trichy East | Joseph Vijay |
| 142 | Tiruverumbur | Navalpattu S Viji |
| 143 | Lalgudi | Krishnan |
| 144 | Manachanallur | Saravanan |
| 145 | Musiri | Vignesh |
| 146 | Thuraiyur | Ravishankar |
| 147 | Perambalur | K Sivakumar |
| 148 | Kunnam | Revathi |
| 149 | Ariyalur | M Sivakumar |
| 150 | Jayankondam | Kavitha G Rajendran |
| 151 | Tittakudi | Rajasekar |
| 152 | Vriddhachalam | S Vijay |
| 153 | Neyvalli | K Anand |
| 154 | Panruti | Manikandan |
| 155 | Cuddalore | B Rajkumar |
| 156 | Kurinjipadi | D Rajkumar |
| 157 | Bhuvanagiri | Magalingam |
| 158 | Chidambaram | N Bari |
| 159 | Kattumannarkoi | Srinivasan |
| 160 | Sirkazhi | Gopinath |
| 161 | Mayiladuthurai | Harun Rashid |
| 162 | Poompuhar | Vijayalayan |
| 163 | Nagapattinam | Sukumar |
| 164 | Kilvelur | Senthil Pandian |
| 165 | Vedaranyam | Kingsley Gerald |
| 166 | Thiruthuraipoo | Pandian |
| 167 | Mannargudi | UVM Rajarajan |
| 168 | Thiruvarur | Veeramani |
| 169 | Nannilam | Prabakaran |
| 170 | Thiruvidaimarudur | Prabakaran |
| 171 | Kumbakonam | Vinoth |
| 172 | Papanasam | Asarudeen |
| 173 | Thiruvaiyaru | Manikandan |
| 174 | Thanjavur | Vijay Saravanan |
| 175 | Orathanadu | K Aravind |
| 176 | Pattukkotai | Madhan |
| 177 | Peravurani | Chandrakandhan |
| 178 | Gandarvakottai | N Subramanian |
| 179 | Viralimalai | Murugesan |
| 180 | Pudukkotai | KM Shafi |
| 181 | Thirumayam | Sindhamani |
| 182 | Alangudi | Durai Kandhasami |
| 183 | Aranthangi | Mohamed Parvesh |
| 184 | Karaikudi | TK Prabhu |
| 185 | Tiruppattur | Srinivasa Sethupathi |
| 186 | Sivaganga | Kuzhanthai Rani Nachiyar |
| 187 | Manamadurai | Elangovam |
| 188 | Melur | Madurai Veeran |
| 189 | Madurai East | Karthikeyan |
| 190 | Sholavandan | Karuppiah |
| 191 | Madurai North | Kallanai |
| 192 | Madurai South | Joe Peter |
| 193 | Madurai Central | VMS Musthafa |
| 194 | Madurai West | Tangapandi |
| 195 | Thiruparankundram | Nirmal Kumar |
| 196 | Thirumangalam | Sathishkumar |
| 197 | Usilampatti | M Vijay |
| 198 | Andipatti | V Pandi |
| 199 | Periyakulam | G Sabari |
| 200 | Bodinayakanur | S Prakash |
| 201 | Cumbum | Jeganath Misra |
| 202 | Rajapalayam | Jegadheswari |
| 203 | Srivilliputhur | Karthik |
| 204 | Sattur | Ajith |
| 205 | Sivakasi | Keerthana |
| 206 | Virudhunagar | Selvam |
| 207 | Aruppukkotai | Karthik Kumar |
| 208 | Tiruchuli | Samayan |
| 209 | Paramakudi | Gopi Rajan |
| 210 | Tiruvadanai | VK Rajeev |
| 211 | Ramanathapuram | Sagul Hamed |
| 212 | Mudukulathur | Malarvizhi Jeyabala |
| 213 | Vilathikulam | Kasiram |
| 214 | Thoothukkudi | Sreenath |
| 215 | Tiruchendur | Murugan |
| 216 | Srivaikuntam | Saravanan |
| 217 | Ottapidaram | Madhan Raja |
| 218 | Kovilpatto | Balasubramanian |
| 219 | Sankarankovil | Ramarajan |
| 220 | Vasudevanallur | Amutha Rani |
| 221 | Kadayanallur | Abdul Jaleel |
| 222 | Tenkasi | Rajaprakash |
| 223 | Alangulam | Vipin Chakravarthy |
| 224 | Tirunelveni | RS Murugan |
| 225 | Ambasamudra | Rajagopal |
| 226 | Palayamkottai | Maria John |
| 227 | Nanguneri | Reddiyarpatti Narayanan |
| 228 | Radhapuram | Sathis Christopher |
| 229 | Kanyakumari | SR Madhavan |
| 230 | Nagercoil | Berwin Kings |
| 231 | Colachel | Prem Alex Lawrence |
| 232 | Padmanabhapu | Krishnakumar |
| 233 | Vilavancode | Michael Kumar |
| 234 | Killiyoor | Sivin |
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026
The Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in 2026 will see all 234 constituencies going to the polls in a single phase on April 23.
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
First Published: Mar 31, 2026 2:49 PM IST
