Finally, the Tamil Nadu opposition DMK has on Friday announced its full list of candidates and constituencies for the upcoming assembly polls. The party will be contesting in 173 constituencies and the development has come when the state had officially begun the drive of filing nominations for the polls. The DMK has allotted 61 seats to the allied parties and prepared the list after multiple rounds of talks and considerations.

DMK President MK Stalin has unveiled the final list of candidates for the party at Anna Arivalayam in Chennai amid being surfaced with large-scale expectations on who would win the tickets for crucial assembly polls. Stalin had pressed that the alliance has been made not for the elections but for the principle and he said that DMK had allotted 61 seats to the alliance (Congress -25 seats, MDMK, VCK, CPI, CPI(M)- six seats each, Indian Union Muslim League and Kondu Nadu Makkal Desiya Katchi-3 each, Manitheneya Makkal Katchi - 2, Tamilazha Valvurimai Katchi, Adhi Tamilar Peravai, Makkal Viduthalai Katchi, and Agila Indhiya Forward Bloc- one seat each).

Stalin said that DMK will be contesting in 173 seats directly and as per the agreement, some of the allied parties will contest in DMK's 'Rising Sun' symbol through which the 'Rising Sun' symbol will be on the ballots in 187 constituencies - the highest since 1989. MK Stalin had read out the entire list of candidates in the presence of senior leaders Duraimurugan and TB Baalu and the party has drawn huge attention towards the final list of candidates. 

It was said that the party will release the candidates on Wednesday and later on it was said that the list will be unveiled on Thursday. Amid speculations, DMK has announced the final list of candidates on Friday, and let's take a look into the full list of 173 candidates and their constituencies, 

Southern Tamil Nadu: 

Padmanabhapuram - Mano Thangaraj, Nagercoil - Sureshrajan, Kanyakumari - Austin, Radhapuram - Appavu, Palayamkottai- Abdul Wahab, Ambasamudhiram - Avudaiyappan, Tirunelveli - ALS Lakshmanan, Alangulam - Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Sankarankovil - Raja, Ottapidaram- Shanmugaiya, Tiruchendur- Anitha Radhakrishnan, Tuticorin - Geetha Jeevan, Vilathikulam - Markendeyan, Mudhukulathur - RS Rajakannapan, Ramanathapuram - Khadheer Batcha Muthuramalingam, Paramkudi - Murugesan, Thiruchuli- Thangam Tennarasu. 

Aruppukottai - KKSSR Ramachandran, Virudhunagar- ARR Seenivasan, Rajapalayam- Thangapandian, Cumbum - Ramakrishnan, Bodinayakanur- Thanga Tamilselvan, Periyakulam - KS Saravanakumar, Andipatti- Maharajan, Thirumangalam - Manimaran, Madurai West- Chinnammal, Central Madurai - Palanivel Thiyagarajan, Madurai North - Thalapathi, Solavandhan- Venkatesan, Madurai East- Moorthy, Manamadurai- Tamilarasi, Thirupathur - Periyakaruppan, Alangudi- Meiyanathan, Thirumayam - Ragupathi, Pudukottai - Muthuraja, Viralimalai- Palaniappan, Peravoorani- Ashok Kumar, and Pattukottai - Annadurai.

Central Tamil Nadu: 

Orathanadu - Ramachandran, Thanjavur - Neelamegam, Thiruvaiyaru - Dhurai Chandrasekaran, Kumbakonam - Anbalagan, Thiruvidaimaruthur - Kovi Chezhiyan, Nannilam -Jothiraman, Thiruvarur - Boondi Kalaivanan, Mannargudi - TRB Raja, Vedharanyam - SK Vedarathinam, Poombukar - Nivedha Murugan, Seerkali - Panneerselvam, Bhuvanagiri - Dhurai Saravanan, Kurinjipadi- MRK Panneerselvam, Cuddalore - Ayyappan, Neyveli - Rajendran, Thittakudi - Ganesan, Jeyankondam - KSK Kannan, Kunnam- SS Sivasankar, Perambalur - Prabhakaran, Thuraiyur - Stalinkumar.  

Musiri - Thiyagarajan,  Manachanallur- Kathiravan, Lalgudi- Soundarapandian, Thiruverumbur - Anbil Mahesh Poiyamozhi, Trichy East - Inigo Irudhayaraj, Trichy West - KN Nehru, Srirangam - Palaniyandi, Kulithalai - Manickam, Krishnarayapuram - Sivagamasundari, Karur- Senthil Balaji, Aravakurichi- Ilango, Vedasandhur - Gandhirajan, Natham - Andi Ambalam, Athur- Periyasamy, Ottanchatram - Sakkrapani, Palani - Senthil Kumar,  

Western Tamil Nadu:

Madathukulam - Jayaramakrishnan, Pollachi- Varadharajan, Kinathukadavu - Kurichi Prabhakaran, Singanallur- Karthik, Thondamuthur - Karthikeya Sivasenapathy, Coimbatore North- Shanmugasundaram, Goundampalayam - R Krishnan, Tirupur South - Selvaraj, Mettupalayam - Shanmugasundaram, Gudalur - Kasilingam, Coonoor- Ramachandran, Gobichettipalayam - Manimaran, Anthiyur - Venkatachalam, Bhavani - Durairaj, Kankeyam - Saminathan, Dharapuram - Kayalvizhi Selvaraj, Modakurichi - Subbulakshmi Jegadheesan,  Erode West - Muthusamy, Kumarapalayam - Venkatachalam, Paramathi Velur - KS Moorthy. 

Namakkal - Ramalingam, Senthamangalam - Ponnusamy, Rasipuram - Madhivendhan, Veerapandi - Dharun, Salem South - AS Saravanan, Salem North - Rajendran, Salem West - Sethalampatti Rajendran, Sankiri - Rajesh, Edappadi - Sampathkumar, Mettur- Seenivasaperumal, Yercaud - Tamilselvan, Athur - Jeeva Stalin, Gangavalli - Rega Priyadharshini. 

Northern Tamil Nadu: 

Sankarapuram - Udhayasuriyan, Rishivandhiyam - Vasantham Karthikeyan, Ulundurpettai - Manikannan, Thirukovilur - Ponmudi, Vikkaravandi - Pugalendhi, Villupuram - R Lakshmanan, Dindivanam - Seethapathi Chokkalingam, Mailam - Masilamani, Gingee - KS Masthan, Vandavasi - Ambedthkumar, Cheyyar - Jothi, Arani - SS Anbalagan, Polur - Sekaran, Kalasapakkam - Saravanan, Kilpennathur - Picchandi, Tiruvannamalai - EV Velu, Sengam - Giri, Pappireddypatti - Prabhu Rajasekar, Dharmapuri- Thadagam Subramani, Pennagaram - Inbasekaran, Palakodu - PK Murugan, Hosur - Prakash, Veppanahalli - P Murugan, Krishnagiri - Senguttuvan, 

Barkur - Mathiyalagan- Thirupathur - Nalla Thambi, Jolarpet - Devaraji, Ambur - Vilvanathan, Gudiyatham - Amalu, Kilvaithaninkuppam - Seetharaman. Anaicut - Nandhakumar, Vellore - Karthikeyan, Arcot- Eswarappan, Ranipet- Gandhi, Kancheepuram - Ezhilarasan, Uthiramerur - Sundar, Chengalpattu - Varalakhshmi Muthusudanan.

Chennai and Tiruvallur: 

Tambaram - SR Raja, Pallavaram - Karunanidhi, Alandur - Anbarasan, Solinganallur- Aravind Ramesh, Avadi - Nasar, Poonamalee- Krishnasamy, Thiruvallur - Rajendran, Thiruttani - Chandran, Gummadipondi - Govindarajan, Thiruvottiyur - KP Sankar, Madhavaram - Sudharsanam, Ambattur - Joseph Samuel, Madhuravoyal - Karampakkam Ganapathi, Mylapore - Velu, T Nagar - J Karunanidhi, Saidapet - Ma Subramanian, Virugambakkam - Prabhakarraja, Anna Nagar - MK Mohan, Thousand Lights - Elizhan, Chepauk Triplicane - Udhayanidhi Stalin, Harbour- Sekar Babu, Royapuram - Moorthy, Egmore - Paranthaman, Thiru Vi Ka Nagar - Thayagam Ravi - Villivakkam - Vetri Alagan, Perambur - RT Sekar, RK Nagar - Ebenezer, and Kolathur - MK Stalin.