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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (22 March) released the fourth list of 15 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The list includes the parliamentary constituencies of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, which will go to polls in the first phase of general elections on 19 April.
The party has fielded A Namassivayam from the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.
Namassivayam is the home minister of the Union Territory in the N Rangaswamy government.
Here's the list of 14 candidates set to contest on BJP ticket in the Lok Sabha polls from Tamil Nadu.
Tiruvallur (SC)- Pon V Balaganapathy
Chennai North- R C Paul Kanagaraj
Tiruvannamalai- A Ashwathaman
Namakkal- Dr K P Ramalingam
Tiruppur- A P Muruganandam
Pollachi- K Vasantharajan
Karur- V V Senthilnathan
Chidambaram (SC)- P Karthiyayini
Nagapattinam (SC)- SGM Ramesh
Thanjavur- M Muruganandam
Sivaganga- Dr Devanathan Yadav
Madurai- Professor Raama Sreenivasan
Virudhunagar- Raadhika Sarathkumar
Tenkasi (SC)- B John Pandian
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