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The meeting of the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was held on 18 March 2026. This meeting was presided over by Nitin Nabin. Other big leaders of the party including PM Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah were also present in the meeting. In this meeting, names of 9 candidates have been decided for Puducherry Assembly elections.
A from Mannadipet seat of Puducherry. Namasivayam has been made the candidate. E. Theppanathan has been given ticket from Ossudu (SC) seat. PML from Kalapet seat. Kalyanasundaram has been made the candidate. VP from Raj Bhawan seat. Ramalingam has got a chance. Similarly, A. from Mudaliarpet seat. John Kumar has been declared the candidate. Emblem R from Manaveli seat. Selvam has been given the ticket. GNS from Thirunallar seat. Rajasekaran has been made the candidate.
BJP’s preparation for Puducherry assembly elections
Neeravi-TR TKSM Meenakshisundaram has been made the candidate from Pattinam seat, while A. Dinesh has got the ticket. In this way BJP has further strengthened its preparations for the Puducherry Assembly elections. After the names of the candidates are revealed, the activities related to the elections are likely to intensify further. The election campaign here is going to intensify in the coming days. Voting for the assembly elections in Puducherry will be held on April 9 and the votes will be counted on May 4. Apart from this, assembly elections are also going to be held in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the date of which has been fixed. In this regard, different parties have released the names of candidates.
Puducherry Elections BJP released the list of 9 candidates for the upcoming elections in UT.
Puducherry Home Minister A. Namassivayam will contest from Mannadipet. pic.twitter.com/amOaUEXCaS
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