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DMK to go head-to-head with ruling party in 169 seats

This is the highest number of seats the DMK is contesting after the 2001 Assembly elections when it fought in 183 constituencies.

Chennai: Setting up direct fight with the AIADMK in 169 constituencies, the DMK on Wednesday released its list of candidates for 173 seats. About half the constituencies have gone to new faces indicating the rise of party treasurer M.K. Stalin’s brigade.

As expected, Stalin fights for his Kolathur seat, while his dad Karunanidhi contests from Tiruvarur again. The DMK has given seats to 19 women, just 10 per cent of the total candidates.

With six of the party’s allies including the dissident DMDK MLAs contesting under the DMK symbol ‘rising sun’, the number of seats candidates under that symbol will be in the fray for 179 seats. This is the highest number of seats the DMK is contesting after the 2001 Assembly elections when it fought in 183 constituencies. In the 2006 Assembly polls, it fielded nominees in 132 seats, while it fielded 124 candidates in the 2011 Assembly elections.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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