India, March 26 -- The opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Wednesday announced its first list of 23 candidates, fielding its general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami from the Edappadi constituency for the April 23 Tamil Nadu assembly elections.

The party also announced that it will contest 169 assembly seats, and its allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will contest in 65 constituencies. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest from 27 constituencies, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) will contest in 18, the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) in 11, and the Tamil Manilaa Congress (TMC) in 5.

Smaller parties such as the Indhiya Jananayaka Katchi (IJK) got two seats. The Tamilaga Makkal Munnetr...