The Theni Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies going to vote in Tamil Nadu. The vote will be cast during the 2nd phase on April 18 and counting will be done on May 23.

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The constituency was formed in 2008 and consists of the six Vidhan Sabha segments.

Parthipan R of AIADMK is the sitting MP of Theni Lok Sabha constituency. In 2014, he beat Pon Muthuramalignam of the DMK by a margin of more then 3 lakh votes.

This year son of Tamil Nadu Deputy CM O Panneerselvam P Ravindranath Kumar will contest from the seat. He will be up against Evks Elangovan of Congress.

All seats in Tamil Nadu are going to vote on April 18. They are Arakkonam, Arani, Chennai Central, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga , Sriperumbudur, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukkudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar, Tiruvallur.

There’s an interesting battle on the cards with an AIADMK-led NDA alliance with the BJP, PMK, DMDK, Puthiya Neethi Katchi and Puthiya Tamizhagam.  Meanwhile the Congress has forged alliances with DMK, two communist parties and other regional parties. Smaller partners include VCK, IUML and KMK.

The AIADMK under Jayalalithaa had managed to win 37 seats, with BJP and PMK getting 1 each. The Congress and the DMK ended up with zero seats in 2014.