CHENNAI: AIADMK’s string of defeats continues and Edappadi K Palaniswami’s position as the party’s ‘undisputed’ leader is under threat. AIADMK’s tally of 43 seats marks its poorest performance since 1996 and even its traditional support base in the state’s western belt has eroded. Vijay’s promise of “economic protection and uncompromising security for women” has resonated…
CHENNAI: Congress’s reduced tally in the assembly election indicates a familiar reality— nearly six decades after losing power to DMK in 1967, the party has still not rebuilt a strong mass base in Tamil Nadu. Its performance, weaker than in the previous election, appears to have done little to revive Congress in the state.The national…
CHENNAI: For Amma loyalist-turned-‘deserter’ O Panneerselvam, a victory on a DMK ticket could have been politically ironic and emotionally bittersweet. But with DMK’s defeat, OPS sweeping past the winning post in Bodinayakanur in Theni district means little or nothing.Once seen as the most devoted follower of Jayalalithaa, OPS shocked everyone by switching sides. The three-time…
COIMBATORE: K A Sengottaiyan, the chief coordinator of Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) high-level steering committee, on Tuesday termed the party’s victory in the Tamil Nadu assembly election as a historic milestone in Indian politics. He said TVK had secured a massive victory in its debut election without distributing cash to the voters. Speaking to…
Despite frequent campaign visits to the state by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah since Jan, the party still has not found a convincing formula to convert visibility and organizational effort into voter trust for a “double-engine sarkar”. CHENNAI: BJP’s poor showing with victory in just one seat in the 2026…
CHENNAI: R Sabarinathan, a 30-year-old candidate of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), has emerged as one of the most talked-about winners in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections after securing a decisive victory in the Virugambakkam constituency.Who is R Sabarinathan?Sabarinathan won the seat with 76,092 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate Prabhakara Raja…
DMK minister Periyakaruppan (R) one vote loss to TVK’s Sethupathy (L) NEW DELHI: In a result that underscores just how decisive a single vote can be, DMK veteran and minister K R Periyakaruppan lost the Tiruppattur Assembly seat by a margin of just one vote, bringing an abrupt end to his two-decade-long hold over the…
CHENNAI: MK Stalin on Tuesday expressed heartfelt gratitude to the people of the state who supported the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance in the recently concluded Legislative Assembly elections, despite the party’s defeat.He thanked the voters, describing each vote as an invaluable expression of trust.Stalin also highlighted that the DMK alliance secured over 1.54 crore…
Chennai: An eight-month-pregnant M R Pallavi, 36, and J Kamatchi, 44, who contested as TVK’s candidates in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar and Pallavaram respectively, are the only two women who emerged victorious in the city. Both are first-time contestants, and they won by huge margins of 22,333 and 54,693, respectively.A total of 53 women candidates…
CHENNAI: ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay-led TVK has emerged as a major political force in Tamil Nadu, reshaping the state’s political landscape in the 2026 Assembly elections. TVK achieved what other political scions had failed to do by emerging as the third pole in Tamil politics, with its gains coming largely at the DMK’s expense and causing some…
