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Maragatham Kumaravel, a former AIADMK leader, now seeks re-election as the TVK’s candidate after resigning as AIADMK MLA barely three weeks after the 2026 result; while some voters are undecided, some say they may not vote for the TVK despite the CM’s popularity
Tamil Nadu’s first Assembly by-elections since the 2026 elections are a key test for Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and the ruling TVK. With former AIADMK MLAs contesting as TVK candidates in Madurantakam and Dharapuram, the bypolls will test voter sentiment on political defections, the strength of the AIADMK and the stability of Tamil Nadu’s new coalition government.
‘You took pity on the candidate and voted for her in the election; but she defected to the ruling party; if you vote for the AIADMK again, there may be another by-election,’ said Kanimozhi
With discomfort in the AIADMK showing no signs of subsiding, after former School Education Minister and veteran leader K.A. Sengottaiyan was divested of party posts following his call for the return of estranged leaders, it is a timely moment to revisit some of the most significant uprisings within Tamil Nadu’s two major Dravidian parties
Rajmohan defends the TVK’s bypoll campaign
A senior PMK leader says the ‘attitude’ of the AIADMK leadership continues to be a sore point hampering a ‘natural alliance’
Of the 44 reserved seats in the State, the party had won 32 in 2016 Assembly elections, while it could manage only eight seats 10 years later
Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan reject the writ petition filed by Agri S.S. Krishnamurthy to quash the amendment that seeks the constitution of a tribunal to resolve the dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
There are 13 sitting legislators including general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami who have figured in the list of star campaigners
This resulted in eligible Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe students being left out, the report stated
Earlier on Tuesday, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced that his party would field candidates for the byelections as well
He said the vacancies in the two constituencies had arisen because of the resignation of two legislators, who won on the AIADMK ticket and quit later due to “horse trading”