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As portion of the preparatory measures for the by-elections to 5 Assembly seats that fell vacant pursuing the resignation of members elected to the House successful the 2026 elections, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik wrote to the respective District Collectors seeking details of Returning Officers (ROs) and Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) for those Assembly segments.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, who was elected from some Perambur and Tiruchi East, resigned from the second spot connected May 10. While 3 AIADMK rebel MLAs — S. Jayakumar of Perundurai, Maragatham Kumaravel of Madurantakam (SC), and P. Sathyabama of Dharapuram (SC) — resigned their Assembly memberships connected May 25, different rebel MLA of the party, Esaki Subaya of Ambasamudram, vacated his spot the adjacent day. All 4 of them crossed implicit to the ruling TVK.
Following these resignations, each 5 seats were declared vacant by the Legislative Assembly Secretariat. Against this backdrop, the CEO wrote to the District Collectors of Chengalpattu, Tiruchi, Erode, Tiruppur, and Tirunelveli districts, nether which these 5 Assembly segments fall, seeking details specified arsenic the names and particulars of the notified ROs and AROs, details of constabulary officers, the full fig of electors, and different applicable accusation related to the behaviour of elections.
As the Election Commission ECI whitethorn denote by-elections to these seats wrong six months from the day of occurrence of the vacancies, arsenic per the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the CEO’s connection to the respective District Collectors was intended to initiate preparatory measures.
