Tamil Nadu Election Results 2026 Highlights: Actor-turned-politician Vijay, who made a blockbuster debut in politics by breaking the DMK’s and AIADMK’s traditional duopoly, met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Thursday. However, sources said the governor was not convinced TVK has the numbers yet to form the government, explaining the formal position as of now, though the Congress has promised support and others are also expected to join.
He had earlier met him on Wednesday and staked claim to form the next government in Tamil Nadu.
The TVK emerged as the single-largest party with 108 seats in the 234-member assembly, falling short of the majority mark of 118. Congress, which has five seats, has decided to back Vijay, taking the seat count to 113. TVK insiders had told NDTV that they are counting on backing from other key DMK allies – CPI (two seats), CPM (two seats), and VCK (two seats).
While DMK won only 59 seats, MK Stalin too lost his stronghold, Kolathur, to TVK. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won 47 seats.
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The rise of Vijay and his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam or TVK may spark what has been considered impossible over the last 50 years – an alliance between Dravida arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK – all to keep the actor-politician out of power. Sources have told NDTV that the Udhayanidhi Stalin faction of the DMK fear that Vijay could bring about a re-run of the years under AIADMK’s iconic Chief Minister MG Ramachandran, who in his lifetime, had never allowed the DMK to capture power.
The other half of this arrangement, the AIADMK, is ready to consider it in view of its survival, especially in view of its four successive poll defeats since the death of J Jayalalithaa. And the BJP, which comprises the backroom, is interested in keeping the Congress out of power after its alliance with the TVK, sources said.
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