AIADMK legislature party splits vertically during trust vote in T.N. Assembly; 25 voted in favour of TVK govt., 22 voted against

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) legislature enactment connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) witnessed a vertical divided during the trust ballot connected the level of the Tamil Nadu Assembly. A full of 25 MLAs led by rebel person S.P. Velumani voted successful favour of the assurance motion moved by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, portion 22 MLAs led by AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami voted against it.

When Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar called for a part vote, the 47 AIADMK MLAs were intelligibly divided successful their positions connected the motion. A full of 25 MLAs, headed by S.P. Velumani, voted successful favour of the motion. They are G. Hari (Tiruttani), Maragatham Kumaravel (Madurantakam (SC)), S.M. Sukumar (Arcot), K.C. Veeramani (Jolarpet), P. Balakrishnareddy (Hosur), K.P. Anbalagan (Palacodu), Maragatham Vetrivel (Pappireddippatti), C.Ve. Shanmugam (Mailam), R. Rakesh (Sankarapuram), S. Sekar (Paramathi-Velur), P. Sathyabama (Dharapuram (SC)), N.S.N. Nataraj (Kangayam), S. Jayakumar (Perundurai), P. Haribaskar (Anthiyur), S.P. Velumani (Thondamuthur), K. Ravimanoharan (Palani), Natham R. Viswanathan (Natham), M.R. Vijayabhaskar (Karur), Leemarose Martin (Lalgudi), K. Mohan (Panruti), A. Arunmozhithevan (Bhuvanagiri), R. Kamaraj (Nannilam), C. Vijayabaskar (Viralimalai), Dhilipan Jaishankar (Sankarankovil (SC)), and Esakki Subbaya (Ambasamudram).

A full of 22 MLAs headed by AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami voted against the motion. They are E. Rajasekar (Cheyyur (SC)), D. Velazhagan (Anaikattu), E.C. Govindarasan (Bargur), V. Sampathkumar (Harur (SC)), S. Velu (Chengam (SC)), S. Ramachandran (Kilpennathur), Agri S.S. Krishnamurthy (Kalasapakkam), L. Jayasudha (Arani), Mukkur N. Subramanian (Cheyyar), S. Palanisamy (Tirukkoyilur), A. Nallathambi (Gangavalli (SC)), A.P. Jayasankaran (Attur (SC)), P. Usharani (Yercaud (ST)), R. Mani (Omalur), G. Venkatachalam (Mettur), Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Edappadi), S. Vetrivel (Sankari), K.C. Karuppanan (Bhavani), S. Rajendran (Ariyalur), R. Rajendran (Neyveli), O.S. Manian (Vedaranyam), and N. Thalavai Sundaram (Kanniyakumari).