Following is the list of candidates contesting from various Assembly constituencies of the Chennai district for ensuing Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011. Chennai district has 16 Assembly Constituencies. Stalwarts such as Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin, PK Sekhar babu, KV Thangkabalu, J.Anbazhagan are all testing their luck from Chennai district only. DMK is contesting from 10 constituencies and left other 6 constituencies to its electoral alliance partners Congress Party and PMK. Here is the list of candidates for Chennai district.
MLA Candidates contesting from Chennai District:
1. Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (Res.): C. Natesan (Congress) Vs V.Neelakandan (AIADMK)
2. Egmore: Parithi Ellamvazhuthi (DMK) Vs K.Nallathambi (DMDK)
3. Anna Nagar: V.K.Arivazhagan (Congress) Vs S.Gokula Indira (AIADMK)
4. Virugampakkam: K.Thanasekaran (DMK) Vs B.Parthasarathy (DMDK)
5. Royapuram: R.Manohar (Congress) Vs D.Jayakumar (AIADMK)
6. Harbour: Altaf Hussain (DMK) Vs Pala Karuppiah (AIADMK)
7. Chepauk – Thiruvallikeni: J.Anbazhagan (DMK) Vs Thameemun Ansari (MNMK)
8. Thousand Lights: Hasan Mohammed Jinnah (DMK) Vs B.Valarmathi (AIADMK)
9. Kolathur: M.K.Stalin (DMK) Vs Saidai Sa.Duraisamy (AIADMK)
10. Villivakkam: K.Anbazhagan (DMK) Vs J.C.D.Prabhakar (AIADMK)
11. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar: P.K.Sekarbabu (DMK) Vs P.Vettrivel (AIADMK)
12. Perambur: N.R.Dhanapalan (DMK) Vs A.Soundararajan (CPI-M)
13. Saidapet: M.Mahesh Kumar (DMK) Vs G.Senthamizhan (AIADMK)
14. Thiyagarayanagar: A.Chellakumar (Congress) Vs V.P.Kalairajan (AIADMK)
15. Mylapore: K.V.Thangkabalu (Congress) Vs R.Rajalakshmi (AIADMK)
16. Velachery: M.Jayaraman (PMK) Vs M.K.Ashok (AIADMK)