Both the leaders had filed their nominations amid the rousing welcome from the party members as both of them seek re-election from these constituencies, which have become their strongholds.

Giving a shock to DMK, Saravanan had on Sunday morning joined BJP and in the evening, he has got BJP's ticket to contest in the polls from Madurai North constituency.

Kadambur Raju is a sitting MLA of the Kovilpatti constituency in the Tuticorin district and he has got the ADMK's ticket to contest in this constituency again for the upcoming assembly polls.

In the 2016 assembly polls, ADMK's candidate Thanga Tamil Selvan had won the seat by defeating DMK's Mookaiah in the margin of 30,000 votes.

In an unprecedented fashion, DMK's manifesto has been baked with 500 poll promises for the assembly polls. 

As ADMK hopes to form the government for the third consecutive time, DMK prepares for the battle to oust the ADMK regime, which undoubtedly has become the race at its best. 

Amid speculations over contesting in the assembly polls, DMK President Stalin has offered a ticket for Karthikeya Sivasenapathy to contest in Thondamuthur, Coimbatore. 

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.

Let's take a look at such constituencies where both parties will fight to claim Jayalalithaa's legacy. 

The second list has 50 candidates across the state and so far as of Thursday, AMMK had announced the candidates for 65 constituencies including 15 candidates who were announced on Wednesday.