How Actor Vijay’s TVK Unseated a DMK Minister in This Tamil Nadu Stronghold
2 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Might 5, 2026 03:52 PM IST
Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) gained the Tiruppattur constituency in Tamil Nadu Meeting by a razor-thin margin of 1 vote, snatching the seat from a sitting DMK minister.
TVK’s Seenivasa Sethupathy R gained the seat with 83,375 votes, beating Okay.R. Periyakaruppan, the state authorities’s Minister of Co-operatives.
TVK delivered a stellar efficiency in its electoral debut, successful 108 seats. The ruling DMK was lowered to 74 from 159 seats it had gained in 2021 elections. The AIADMK managed to win 47 seats, dropping from 66 it gained in 2021.
The heaviest blow to the DMK got here as Chief Minister M Okay Stalin misplaced his seat to the TVK’s VS Babu.
Amongst different setbacks for the DMK are its losses in Chennaionce an emblem of its city relevance. In 2021, the DMK swept all 16 seats in Chennai. However this time, the TVK swept a lot of the stronghold, leaving the DMK with solely a handful of seats.
In its marketing campaign, the TVK has asserted that it ideologically leans to the centre-left and attracts inspiration BR Ambedkar, Periyar and Kamaraj, stalwarts of social justice. It has referred to as the BJP its “ideological opponent”, and the DMK its “political adversary” on grounds of dynastic politics.
At present, the TVK’s has a vote share of roughly 32 per cent, which roughly matches that of the DMK alliance. The state witnessed its highest-ever voter turnout for an meeting election with 85.1% casting their votes this 12 months.
