The Tamil Nadu Assembly elections are shaping into a direct contest between the ruling DMK and the emerging force, TVK. DMK announced 164 candidates, including 70 allies, on Saturday, March 28. TVK announced the 234 candidates on Sunday, March 29.
An analysis of both parties' candidate lists shows that they are competing in over 150 common constituencies, highlighting a widespread and structured electoral challenge, DMK vs TVK, and the battle is almost everywhere.
| DMK vs TVK Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency | DMK Candidate | TVK CANDIDATE |
| Perambur | R. D. Sekar | C. Joseph Vijay |
| Tiruchirappalli East | Inigo Irudayaraj | C. Joseph Vijay |
| T. Nagar | Raja Anbazhagan | N. Anand |
| Villivakkam | Karthik Mohan | Aadhav Arjuna |
| Mylapore | T. Velu | P. Venkataramanan |
| Thiruparankundram | K. Thangapandi | C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar |
| Kumarapalayam | S. Balu | C. Vijayalakshmi |
| Egmore (SC) | Thamizhan Prasanna | A. Rajmohan |
| Lalgudi | T. Parivallal | Ku. Pa. Krishnan |
| Thousand Lights | Dr Ezhilan Naganathan | J.C.D. Prabhakar |
| Tittakudi (SC) | C. V. Ganesan | A. Rajasekar |
| Saidapet | Ma. Subramanian | M. Arul Prakasam |
| Valparai (SC) | A. Sathish Kumar | Dr A. Sridharan |
| Dr R.K. Nagar | J. J. Ebenezer | N. Maria Wilson |
| Kolathur | M. K. Stalin | V. S. Babu |
| Sholavandan (SC) | A. Venkatesan | M. V. Karuppiah |
| Gummidipoondi | T. J. Govindarajan | S. Vijayakumar |
| Thiruvallur | V. G. Rajendran | Dr T. Arun Kumar |
| Poonamallee | A. Krishnasamy | R. Prakasam |
| Avadi | S. M. Nasser | R. Rameshkumar |
| Maduravoyal | Karamapakkam Ganapathi | G. Balamurugan |
| Ambattur | A. B. Velu | G. Balamurugan |
| Madhavaram | S. Sudharsanam | M. L. Vijay Prabhu |
| Thiru. Vi.Ka Nagar | P. K. Sekarbabu | M. R. Pallavi |
| Royapuram | S. J. Jayakumar | K. V. Vijay Thamu |
| Harbour | K. S. Ravichandran Sinora | P. S. Ashok |
| Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | Udhayanidhi Stalin | T. Selvam |
| Anna Nagar | M. K. Mohan | V. K. Ramkumar |
| Virugambakkam | Prabhakar Raja | R. Sabarinathan |
| Sholinganallur | S. Aravind Ramesh | P. Saravanamoorthy |
| Alandur | T. M. Anbarasan | M. Harish |
| Tambaram | R. S. Rajakannappan | D. Sarathkumar |
| Chengalpattu | M. K. D. Karthik Thandapani | S. Thiyagarajan |
| Madurantakam (SC) | S. Amuthu Ponnmala | E. Ezhil Catherine |
| Uthiramerur | K. Sundar | J. Munirathinam |
| Kanchipuram | Nithya Kumar | R. V. Ranjith Kumar |
| Katpadi | Durai Murugan | Dr M. Sudhakar |
| Ranipet | Vinoth Gandhi | I. Thaheera |
| Arcot | J. L. Eswarappan | G. Vijay Mohan |
| Vellore | P. Karthikeyan | M. M. Vinoth Kannan |
| Anaikattu | P. Nandakumar | R. Velmurugan |
| Kilvaithinankuppam (SC) | Dr Rajeswari Gandhi | E. Thendral Kumar |
| Ambur | A. S. Vilvanathan | P. Imthiyas |
| Jolarpet | Kavitha Dhandapani | C. Munisamy |
| Tirupattur | A. Nallathambi | Dr N. Thiruppathi |
| Bargur | K. Madhiyazhagan | E. Muralidharan |
| Hosur | S. A. Sathya | M. Ambarish |
| Palacode | Dr Venkateshwaran | R. Gopi |
| Pappireddipatti | Pazhaniyappan | S. Thilavathi |
| Harur (SC) | A. Sanmugam | K. Rakesh |
| Chengam | M. P. Giri | K. Bharathidhasan |
| Tiruvannamalai | E. V. Velu | Arul Arumugam |
| Kilpennathur | K. Pitchandi | D. Raja |
| Kalasapakkam | P. S. Thiruvannan | C. Elumalai |
| Arani | M. K. K. Mohan | V. Venkatesh Kumar |
| Cheyyar | O. Jothi | Dusi K. Mohan |
| Vandavasi (SC) | S. Ambethkumar | M. Udhayakumar |
| Gingee | K. S. Masthan | V. Chandrasekaran |
| Villupuram | Dr Lakshmanan | N. Mohanraj |
| Vikravandi | A. Sivasankaran | A. Vijay Vadivel |
| Tirukkoyilur | Ponmudi | Vijay Baranibalaji |
| Ulundurpettai | J. R. Vasanthavel | M. Sudhakar |
| Rishivandiyam | Vasantham Karthikeyan | G. Ashok Kumar |
| Gangavalli | T. Udhayakumar | V. Sujatha |
| Yercaud | Revathi Matheswaran | J. Lakshmi |
| Mettur | Mithun Chakravarthy | K. Selvam |
| Edappadi | K. Kasi | M. Arunkumar |
| Salem West | R. Rajendran | S. Lakshmanan |
| Salem South | M. Loganathan | A. Vijay Tamilan |
| Veerapandi | Dr A. Karunan | M. S. Palanivel |
| Rasipuram (SC) | Dr Mathivendhan | D. Lokesh |
| Namakkal | P. Irani | C. S. Dileep |
| Paramathi Velur | K. S. Moorthy | A. Nandhakumar |
| Erode East | S. Muthusamy | M. Vijay Balaji |
| Dharapuram | Dr Indirani | S. Gowri Chithra |
| Kangeyam | M. P. Saminathan | P. Mani |
| Perundurai | Thoppu Venkatachalam | V. P. Arunachalam |
| Bhavani | K. R. Sekar | M. P. Balakrishnan |
| Anthiyur | M. Sivalan | M. Vijay Venkatesh |
| Gudalur | M. Thiravidamani | A. Deepak |
| Coonoor | K. M. Raju | C. Thangaraju |
| Avinashi | Dr Kogila Mani | S. Kamali |
| Tiruppur South | N. Dinesh Kumar | S. Balamurugan |
| Palladam | K. Selvaraj | K. Ramkumar |
| Sulur | Thalapathy Murugesan | N. M. Sukumar |
| Coimbatore North | Senthil Selvan | V. Sampathkumar |
| Thondamuthur | N. Karthikeyan | R. Sathish Raju |
| Coimbatore South | V. Senthil Balaji | V. Senthil Kumar |
| Kinathukadavu | Kariyakeeran | K. Vignesh |
| Udumalpet | Jayakumar | G. K. Shankar |
| Madathukulam | Jayaramakrishnan | R. Thirumalai |
| Oddanchatram | R. Sakkarapani | S. Mohan |
| Aathoor | I. Periyasamy | N. Kalaiselvi |
| Nilakkottai | R. Nakeeran | R. Ayyanar |
| Dindigul | I. Periyasamy | G. Nazeer Raja |
| Vedasandur | D. Saminathan | Dr Nagajothi |
| Aravakurichi | R. Elango | P. Karthikeyan |
| Karur | V. Senthil Balaji | V. P. Mathiyazhagan |
| Krishnarayapuram | S. K. Raja | S. Madhan |
| Kulithalai | A. Chandran | G. Balasubramani |
| Srirangam | S. Durairaj | S. Ramesh |
| Trichy West | K. N. Nehru | G. Ramamoorthy |
| Thiruverumbur | Anbil Mahesh | Navalpattu Viji |
| Manachanallur | S. Kathiravan | V. Saravanan |
| Musiri | N. S. Karunanidhi | M. Vignesh |
| Perambalur | Dr Jayalakshmi | K. Sivakumar |
| Kunnam | S. Sivasankar | M. Revathi |
| Ariyalur | T. Latha Balu | M. Sivakumar |
| Jayankondam | K. S. Kannan | Kavitha Rajendran |
| Neyveli | Saba Rajendran | K. Anand |
| Kurinjipadi | M. R. K. Panneerselvam | D. Rajkumar |
| Poompuhar | Nivedha Murugan | J. Vijayalayan |
| Vedaranyam | M. P. Devendran | A. Kingsley |
| Mannargudi | T. R. B. Raja | U. V. M. Rajarajan |
| Thiruvarur | Kalaivanan | V. Veeramani |
| Thiruvidaimarudur | Kovi Chezhiyan | S. Prabhakaran |
| Kumbakonam | Anbazhagan | R. Vinoth |
| Thiruvaiyaru | Chandrasekaran | M. Manikandan |
| Thanjavur | Ramnathan | R. Vijay Saravanan |
| Orathanadu | Vaithilingam | K. Aravind |
| Pattukkottai | Annadurai | C. Madhan |
| Peravurani | Ashok Kumar | D. Chandrakaandeeban |
| Viralimalai | Selvapandian | P. Murugesan |
| Pudukottai | Muthuraja | K. M. Shareef |
| Tirumayam | Ragupathi | C. Sindhamani |
| Alangudi | Meyyanathan | Durai Kandasamy |
| Tiruppattur | Periyakaruppan | Srinivasa Sethupathi |
| Manamadurai | Tamilarasi | D. Ilangovan |
| Madurai East | R. Palaji | S. Karthikeyan |
| Madurai South | P. Moorthy | J. Jo Peter |
| Madurai Central | PTR Palanivel | V. M. S. Mustafa |
| Madurai West | K. Thalapathi | S. R. Thangapandi |
| Thirumangalam | Manimaran | N. Sathishkumar |
| Andipatti | A. Maharajan | V. Pandi |
| Rajapalayam | Thangapandian | K. Jagadeeswari |
| Sattur | Kadarai Raj | M. Ajith |
| Aruppukottai | Ramachandran | K. Karthik Kumar |
| Tiruchuli | Thennarasu | S. Samayan |
| Paramakudi | Thiraviyam | G. Gopirajan |
| Ramanathapuram | Muthuramalingam | Sahul Hameed |
| Mudukulathur | Rajakannappan | Malarvizhi |
| Vilathikulam | Markandeyan | Kasiram |
| Thoothukudi | Geetha Jeevan | Srinath |
| Tiruchendur | Anitha Radhakrishnan | Murugan |
| Ottapidaram | Ramajayam | Madhanraja |
| Kovilpatti | Karunanidhi | Balasubramanian |
| Vasudevanallur | R. Raja | Amudha Rani |
| Tenkasi | Kathiravan | Rajaprakash |
| Alangulam | Manoj Pandian | Vipin Chakravarthi |
| Tirunelveli | Subramanian | Murugan |
| Palayamkottai | Abdul Wahab | Maria John |
| Radhapuram | Appavu | Satheesh Christopher |
| Kanniyakumari | R. Mahesh | S. R. Madhavan |
| Nagercoil | Austin | G. Perveen King |