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DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay were among the leaders who filed nominations connected Monday (March 30, 2026), after the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued the authoritative notification for the April 23 Assembly predetermination successful Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Stalin submitted his papers to the Returning Officer for the Kolathur constituency. Senior DMK leader and Minister P.K. Sekarbabu and elder advocates R. Shunmugasundaram, R. Viduthalai, and N.R. Elango accompanied Mr. Stalin.
Mr. Vijay, who is making his debut successful electoral politics, filed his information for Perambur. DMK principal caput and Minister K.N. Nehru filed his information for Tiruchi West and TVK leader K.A. Sengottaiyan for Gobichettipalayam.
Naam Tamilar Katchi leader Seeman filed his information for Karaikudi.
As of 8.45 p.m. Monday, the details of implicit 560 nominations (some candidates person filed aggregate nominations) were uploaded connected the ECI portal.
Officials trained successful duties
An authoritative merchandise from Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik said a full of 3,32,231 officials were trained successful subjects related to duties, roles, and responsibilities of presiding officers and polling officials.
The ECI has enhanced the remuneration for the presiding officers, the polling officers, the counting personnel, and micro-observers. The remuneration for a presiding serviceman has been revised from ₹1,700 to ₹3,000 and for a polling officer, it has been accrued from ₹1,300 to ₹2,600. For a counting supervisor, it has been revised from ₹850 to ₹1,500, for a counting assistant, from ₹650 to ₹1,400, and for a micro-observer, from ₹1,000 to ₹2,000.
'Greater support’
After filing his nomination, Mr. Stalin said helium was witnessing greater enactment than successful the erstwhile 3 elections helium had won in Kolathur. “It is simply a conflict betwixt Tamil Nadu and Delhi. It is going to beryllium a large triumph to prevention Tamil Nadu,” helium said.
Later, astatine an enactment with the confederation partners astatine the DMK headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, Mr. Stalin said the DMK-led alliance was not a caller enactment but 1 that had already contested successful two Lok Sabha elections, an Assembly election, local bodies elections, and by-elections. “It is simply a mega alliance. Nowhere successful India is specified an confederation continuing for truthful galore years. Now, immoderate much parties person joined our alliance,” helium said.
