BJP fields ex-governor Tamilisai Soundararajan from Chennai South, K Annamalai from Coimbatore
The BJP announced candidates for nine Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, including Tamilisai Soundararajan and K Annamalai. Former DMK leader T R Paarivendhar and Union Minister L Murugan are also running. Pon Radhakrishnan will contest in Kanniyakumari. Polling for the state's 39 seats will be on April 19, as BJP seeks to improve performance from 2019.
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The BJP on Thursday named its candidates for nine Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, fielding former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan from Chennai South and party state unit chief K Annamalai from Coimbatore.
The party fielded former DMK leader and sitting MP T R Paarivendhar and Union Minister L Murugan from Perambalur and Nilgiris respectively.
Former Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan will contest from Kanniyakumari.
Vinoj P Selvam will contest from Chennai Central, A C Shanmugam from Vellore, C Narasimhan from Krishnagiri, and Nainar Nagendran from Thoothukkudi, the party said.
Polling in the state's 39 Lok Sabha seats will be held in the first phase on April 19.
The BJP did not win a single seat from Tamil Nadu in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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