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NEW DELHI: Voting for the 234-member Tamil Nadu legislative assembly volition beryllium held successful a azygous signifier connected April 23, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced connected Sunday.The counting of votes volition instrumentality spot connected May 4.
According to the Election Commission of India, determination are 5.67 crore eligible voters, including 2.77 crore males and 2.89 crore females. The fig of first-time eligible voters stands astatine 12.51 Lakh.In 2021, the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) had swept the state, winning 159 seats. The DMK unsocial secured 133 seats, up from 98 5 years earlier.AIADMK, the DMK arch-rival that was voted retired of powerfulness aft 2 successive terms, contested arsenic portion of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The enactment won 66 seats, down from 136 successful 2016.The DMK, led by main curate MK Stalin, has erstwhile again allied with the Congress and different smaller partners. Under the existent arrangement, the Congress volition contention 28 seats and unafraid a Rajya Sabha berth. In 2021, the expansive aged enactment had won 18 retired of 25 seats. It had been negotiating for a larger stock earlier the existent statement was agreed upon.Meanwhile, the AIADMK and the BJP divided successful 2024 up of the Lok Sabha elections but reunited successful April past year.
The seat-sharing look for the NDA has yet to beryllium finalised.This time, however, a 3rd subordinate has entered the race. Superstar Vijay launched his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, successful February 2024, aiming to situation the accepted DMK-AIADMK duopoly. He has been drafting monolithic assemblage astatine his rallies.The 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, held connected April 6, were the archetypal authorities polls since the passing of 2 governmental stalwarts, some erstwhile main ministers: J Jayalalithaa of the AIADMK, who died successful December 2016 months aft winning re-election, and M Karunanidhi, the DMK patriarch, who passed distant successful August 2018.
