CHENNAI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has renominated its sitting MLA M Chinnadurai from Gandharvakottai (SC) and replaced Kilvelur (SC) MLA VP Nagaimaali with D Latha for the April Assembly elections.

In a statement, party State secretary P Shanmugam said on Monday that five candidates had been finalised at the State committee meeting to contest as part of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance.

The party has nominated State secretariat member N Pandi from Palani, State committee member L Sundararajan from Thiruvottiyur, and Kanyakumari district secretary R Chellaswamy from Padmanabhapuram.