Tamil Nadu election: VCK to contest eight seats as part of DMK-led alliance

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) led by Thol. Thirumavalavan has been allocated 8 Assembly segments successful the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) for the upcoming Assembly elections successful Tamil Nadu.

The seat-sharing statement was signed by DMK president M.K. Stalin and Mr. Thirumavalavan connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) astatine Anna Arivalayam, the DMK office successful Chennai. As per the statement betwixt the 2 parties, the VCK volition contention six reserved Assembly segments and 2 wide constituencies.

In the 2021 Assembly polls, the enactment contested six seats — Kattumannarkoil (SC), Cheyyur (SC), Nagapattinam, Thiruporur, Arakkonam (SC), and Vanur (SC). The enactment won 4 seats, barring Arakkonam and Vanur (SC).

Speaking to reporters astatine Anna Arivalayam, Mr. Thirumavalavan said helium had discussed with Mr. Stalin the solution passed by his enactment connected Monday (March 23), seeking seats successful treble digits for the upcoming Assembly predetermination and a Rajya Sabha spot successful 2028.

He said a full of 23 parties are portion of the SPA, which is an ideological confederation not lone successful Tamil Nadu but besides astatine the nationalist level, with the volition of countering “right-wing spiritual forces.” At this juncture, the determination to judge 8 seats was taken, considering that the triumph of the confederation is arsenic important arsenic the interests of the VCK.

Mr. Thirumavalavan said the SPA would triumph much than 200 seats. He besides said the work of defeating the “right-wing confederation of the Sangh Parivar” connected the 1 manus and forces distorting the ideologies of Karl Marx, B.R. Ambedkar, and Periyar E.V. Ramasamy successful the sanction of campaigning against Dravidian politics, connected the other, rests much with the VCK.

He said nary accent had been placed connected the Rajya Sabha spot arsenic of now, arsenic each vacant seats had already been filled. He said his enactment would sermon it with the DMK erstwhile a vacancy arises successful the future.