At Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti is the Congress candidate. His main rival is PR Senthilnathan of the AIADMK, whose Raja Kannapan had lost by a wafer-thin margin to Mr Chidambaram in the 2009 election. The BJP has fielded H Raja.
Constituency: Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu
Party: Congress
Age: 42
Education: Graduate
Assets: Rs 596,685,048