Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2016 News

The Tamil Nadu is all set for the high-octane contest in the forthcoming Assembly polls scheduled on May 16 this year. Voting will be held in a single phase for the total 234 Assembly seats in the state. 

AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday reeled out statistics to show how her announcements in the Tamil Nadu Assembly over new projects have progressed in several departments.

Continuing her tirade against DMK president M Karunanidhi over prohibition, AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday charged him and his party with "conspiring" to sell liquor through private firms and clubs and underscored her commitment for a phased rollout of the dry law in Tamil Nadu.

The Left parties-- CPI-M and CPI, contesting 25 seats each in the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly poll, will release lists of candidates on Monday.

BJP on Thursday released its third list of 57 candidates for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls and announced the names of 16 contestants for the Puducherry Assembly elections.

Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan will contest from Virugambakkam constituency in the city in the May 16 assembly polls.

DMK on Sunday promised total prohibition, setting up Lokayukta, a cut in state-run Aavin Milk price by Rs 7 a litre, revival of the Legislative Council, and implementation of the Sethusamudram project in its manifesto for the May 16 Assembly polls.

Tamilisai Soundararajan, President of BJP's Tamil Nadu unit, is among 21 candidates announced by the party today in the second list for the state Assembly election.

DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Sunday released his party's poll manifesto for the May 16 Tamil Nadu assembly elections and promised prohibition if his party returned to power in the southern state.

Devi is contesting the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2016 from the high-profile RK Nagar constituency on a Naam Tamilar Katchi ticket.

Vijayakanth was declared the Chief Ministerial candidate of DMDK-PWF alliance. 

In continuing desertions in actor-politician Vijayakant's Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), several functionaries Saturday joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).

TNCC president E V K S Elangovan Saturday ruled out the possibility of Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) joining the DMK-Congress alliance for the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.

Mamata Banerjee may retain power in West Bengal and Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu while it may be a hung assembly in Assam with an edge to the BJP and the Left return to power in Kerala, says a poll survey.

MDMK founder Vaiko Thursday met Aam Aadmi Party's state leadership here, setting off speculation about a pact ahead of the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.

 The DMDK will contest on 124 seats, PWF in 110 seats. 

Tamil Maanila Congress' decision on the question of alliance for the coming Tamil Nadu assembly elections would be finalised by this month end, party Senior Vice President S R Balasubramanian said today.

The election authorities in Tamil Nadu have so far seized Rs 7.40 crore in cash, in the run up to the May 16 Assembly polls and 73 cases related to alleged electoral offences were registered in the state.

The DMK on Saturday announced a four-member team led by party treasurer MK Stalin which would hold seat-sharing discussions with alliance parties for the May 16 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

Putting up a brave face after his party's sustained efforts to rope in the DMDK into its alliance failed, DMK Treasurer M K Stalin Friday said the decision of the Vijayakanth-led party to go it alone was not a setback for his party.