Barely five weeks ahead of the polls, the DMK Thursday named the seats for which its top leaders will contest.

DMK president M. Karunanidhi will contest the Chepauk seat for a third time, having won it in 1996 and 2001.

The 82-year-old DMK leader has contested for an assembly seat ten times so far. He did not contest in 1984, the year the AIADMK fought against the DMK for the first time.

The 83-year-old DMK leader K. Anbazhagan will contest for the Harbour seat, while M.K. Stalin, Karunanidhi's son and heir apparent, will stick to his Thousand Light seat that he won in 2001.

DMK's Arcot Veerasamy will contest the Anna Nagar seat and Durai Murugan from Katpadi in Vellore district.

Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha has announced that she will contest the May 8 polls from Andipatti in the southern district, from where she won in 2002 with a margin of over 30,000 votes.

Meanwhile, the Congress, the party that will contest the third highest number of seats (41) in the 234-member assembly, is yet to announce its candidates.pap/am