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The Election Commission of India (ECI) connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) allotted the ‘whistle’ awesome to actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the upcoming Assembly elections successful Tamil Nadu.
The debutant TVK approached the ECI connected November 11 past year, seeking the allotment of an predetermination awesome to the enactment nether the provisions of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968. It submitted a database of 7 symbols that were already disposable successful the database of escaped symbols and 3 self-created symbols for consideration.
Meanwhile, actor-politician Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) was allotted the ‘battery torch’ awesome by the ECI. The MNM had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2021 State Assembly elections connected the aforesaid symbol.
