TVK Goes Solo In Puducherry Assembly Polls, Vijay Announces Candidates For 30 Seats

Chennai, March 23: Actor-politician Vijay, founder and leader of Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), on Sunday announced the party’s full list of 30 candidates for the upcoming Puducherry Legislative Assembly general election scheduled next month, saying it will contest all 30 constituencies on its own.

Polling for the 30-member Assembly will be held on April 9, 2026.

Making the announcement through a post on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Vijay said the party would be contesting the election independently across all constituencies in the Union Territory.

“Greetings to everyone. As you are all aware, Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam is contesting independently in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly general election scheduled to be held on April 9, 2026. These individuals have been selected from among those who submitted applications seeking to contest in the 30 assembly constituencies across the Union Territory of Puducherry. Accordingly, the following comrades are hereby selected and fielded as the official candidates representing Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam for their respective assembly constituencies,” Vijay stated.

The list includes two women, who have been fielded from Mangalam and Kadirkamam in Puducherry region. The party has named A K Sai J Saravanan Kumar as is its nominee in Thirubhuvanai reserved segment here. Former AIADMK legislators K A U Asana and L Periyasamy are the TVK nominees to contest from Karaikal (South) and Nettapakkam (reserved) segments respectively.

Similarly, former president of the Puducherry unit of the BJP, V Saminathan has been fielded in Lawspet constituency. Former Deputy Inspector General of Police of Puducherry V J Chandran and former Congress legislator N Dhanavelou are among the party nominees.

With this, the TVK chief formally unveiled the names of candidates who will represent the party in all 30 constituencies, signalling the party’s full-fledged electoral debut in the Union Territory.

The announcement is seen as a significant political move by Vijay as he expands the party’s footprint beyond Tamil Nadu and prepares to test its strength in Puducherry’s electoral arena.