Deputy Mayor candidates List Live Update

B Benjamin would be the party's nominee for the Chennai Deputy Mayor's post, party supremo and Chief Miniser Jayalalithaa said in a statement.

Other nominees are:

• M Asimmeera, son of deceased minister Mariam Pitchai (Tiruchirapalli), 
• M Natesan (Salem),
• K C Palanisamy (Erode), 
• K Gunasekaran (Tiruppur),
• K Chinnadurai (Coimbatore), 
• R Gopalakrishnan (Madurai),
• P Ganesan (Tirunelveli), 
• P Xavier (Tuticorin) and
• Dharmalingam (Vellore).

The party also announced its nominees for the president posts of 31 district panchayats.