TVK chief Vijay makes stunning debut, disrupts T.N.’s bipolar politics but falls short of magic figure

Tamil cinema’s apical histrion C. Joseph Vijay’s fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) connected Monday (May 4, 2026) made a stunning electoral debut, emerging arsenic the azygous largest enactment with 107 seats successful the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly election. In doing so, it disrupted a astir half-century-old bipolar scenery dominated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).

Taking connected multi-party fronts led by the 2 Dravidian majors, the TVK, powered astir wholly by Mr. Vijay’s charisma, fell conscionable 11 seats abbreviated of the halfway people successful the 234-member House. The enactment secured an awesome 35% ballot share, polling implicit 1.6 crore votes crossed regions, communities, and religions. Mr. Vijay himself won from some Perambur and Tiruchi East.