Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 | Four namesakes to challenge Vijay in Perambur

TVK’s election symbol, Whistle, is quiet popular in the state with the party releasing a dedicated song on the symbol.

Chennai: Vijay and Joseph – four independent candidates with their name resembling Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay – will challenge him in the Perambur assembly constituency.

It is part of the old trick to confuse voters by fielding candidates resembling the name of the popular or the prospective winning nominee.

However, voters will not be confused this time as the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that photographs of candidates will be featured against their names in the EVMs.

TVK’s election symbol, Whistle, is also quiet popular in the state with the party releasing a dedicated song on the symbol.

All four “namesakes” are from Chennai. While 49-year-old M Joseph is from Kodungaiyur, 65-year-old S Joseph (Vyasarpadi), 29-year-old K Vijay (Royapuram), and 35-year-old Vijay G (Vyasarpadi).

Meanwhile, the nomination papers of TVK candidate from Edappadi, where AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami is contesting, and the dummy candidate were rejected.

It is also learnt that the candidate, Arun Kumar, is missing. With this, the TVK will contest only in 233 of the 234 seats.