Union Minister V Narayanaswamy will be the party’s candidate for the lone seat in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
As per the seat sharing agreement with the ruling DMK, the Congress will contest 15 out of the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry.
Kanchipuram is the lone seat for which candidate was not announced today.
AICC sources said the candidate for Kanchipuram will be nominated either tonight or tomorrow.
Mr Chidambaram and Mr Aiyar will seek re-election from Sivaganga and Mayiladuthurai respectively.
Though the AICC has generally decided not to field PCC presidents, Mr Thangabalu was given exemption to contest from the Salem seat.
Following is the list of candidates : Arani- M Krishnaswamy, Salem - K V Thangabalu, Erode - E V K S Elangovan, Tiruppur - S K Kharventhan, Coimbatore - R Prabhu, Dindigul - N S V Chithan, Tiruchirapalli - Ms Charu Bala, Cuddalore - K S Alagiri, Mayiladuthurai - Mani Shankar Aiyar, Sivaganga - P Chidambaram, Theni - J M Aaron Rashid, Virudunagar - G Sundaravadivelu, Tenkasi (SC) - Vallai Pandi and Tirunelveli - Rama Subbu.
