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The caller Assembly predetermination results person shown that practice for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) beyond reserved constituencies continues to stay constricted successful the State Assembly.
Among the 4 main contenders successful the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections — the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance, and the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) — lone 1 Scheduled Caste (SC) campaigner has been elected from a wide constituency.
The 234-member House has 44 Assembly segments reserved for SCs, portion 2 Assembly segments — Yercaud successful Salem territory and Senthamangalam successful Namakkal territory — are reserved for STs. Barring the AIADMK front, the different 3 formations had fielded candidates belonging to either the SC oregon ST communities successful wide constituencies. In specified contests, the lone MLA elite was P. Viswanathan of the Congress, who contested from the Melur Assembly conception successful Madurai district. A erstwhile legislator from the Kancheepuram Lok Sabha segment, Mr. Viswanathan defeated his nearest rival A. Maduraiveeran of the TVK by a borderline of much than 2,000 votes.
However, the NTK fielded a important fig of SC/ST candidates successful wide constituencies, though the enactment failed to unfastened its relationship successful the Assembly. At Thousand Lights successful Chennai, a wide Assembly segment, the NTK fielded an SC candidate, Mu. Kalanjiyam. He finished fourth, portion J.C.D. Prabhakar of the TVK won the seat. Apart from halfway Chennai, the NTK besides fielded SC candidates successful Pallavaram, Thiruporur, Pappireddipatti, Vikkravandi, Aranthangi, and Bodinayakkanur — each wide constituencies. The enactment finished 4th successful each these Assembly segments.
The party, which has consistently fixed an adjacent fig of seats to women successful the past fewer elections, besides fielded a pistillate candidate, B. Murugeswari, who belongs to an ST assemblage successful Palani Assembly segment. She finished fourth, portion the AIADMK’s nominee K. Ravimanoharan won the seat. The TVK besides fielded 1 SC campaigner successful a wide constituency. A. Jagadesan of the TVK contested from Sankarapuram and finished third.
Apart from the wide constituencies, the 46 reserved Assembly segments often played a decisive relation successful shaping the wide electoral outcome, arsenic they are dispersed crossed aggregate regions of Tamil Nadu. In the 2026 Assembly election, the TVK, which emerged arsenic the azygous largest enactment with 108 seats, performed powerfully successful reserved constituencies arsenic well. Of the 44 Assembly segments reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), the enactment won 23 seats. The DMK, which traditionally enjoyed beardown enactment successful reserved constituencies, managed to unafraid lone 9 seats, portion the AIADMK won eight.
Among the smaller parties, the VCK won Kattumannarkoil and Tindivanam. The CPI and CPI(M) retained Thiruthuraipoondi successful Tiruvarur territory and Kilvelur successful Nagapattinam territory respectively. Of the 2 constituencies reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs), the AIADMK won Yercaud successful Salem district, portion the TVK secured Senthamangalam successful Namakkal district.
Compared to the 2021 Assembly election, the TVK has importantly outperformed some the DMK and the AIADMK successful reserved constituencies. In 2021, the DMK-led confederation had dominated the SC-reserved seats by winning 28 constituencies. The DMK unsocial won 21 seats, portion its allies Congress, VCK and CPI(M) secured 2 seats each, and the CPI won 1 seat. This show helped the DMK-led confederation transverse the bulk people comfortably.
