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The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) connected Friday (May 8, 2026) extended enactment to actor-politician C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), taking the alliance’s tally to 117 seats, 1 abbreviated of the 118 required for a majority.
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The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), which has 2 seats, is besides expected to widen its enactment to the TVK. Earlier, VCK person Thol. Thirumavalavan had said that the enactment would instrumentality a determination on the lines of the Left parties.
The 3 cardinal parties — CPI, CPI(M), and VCK — clasp 2 seats each, capable for the TVK to signifier the authorities if they articulation a conjugation led by the debutant party. The TVK has already secured the enactment of the Congress party, which has 5 seats successful the Assembly.
The TVK made its electoral debut successful this year’s Assembly elections with a monolithic triumph of 108 seats, pushing the DMK and AIADMK coalitions to 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. However, with the enactment falling abbreviated of a majority, the State was near with a hung Assembly.
Here is the split-up of seats by alliance.
The days pursuing the announcement of the results person been marked by aggravated discussions among parties and allies implicit the mode forward, with immoderate elder leaders of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) reportedly urging enactment president M.K. Stalin to forge an confederation with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), its long-time arch rival.
Here is simply a timeline of the cardinal developments tracking these discussions.
