Tamil Nadu elections

Assembly elections 2026 LIVE: ECI’s transfer of over 50 officials ‘political interference of highest order’, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

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Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, today launched the BJP’s campaign for the high-profile Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata, where he is set to take on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mr. Adhikari reached Kolkata in the morning from Delhi and headed to Chakberia Road, where he inaugurated the party’s Bhabanipur election … Read more

TVK’s Vijay unveils poll manifesto, free higher education for poor farmers’ children

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Setting the bar for other parties ahead of the highly-anticipated Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, actor-turned-politician Vijay on Wednesday unveiled key promises of his party’s election manifesto, pledging free higher education for children of small and marginal farmers and vowing strict action against corruption if voted to power in the state. Addressing party functionaries in the … Read more

Tamil Nadu elections: Congress to seal seat-sharing pact with DMK on March 4 in breakthrough in negotiations

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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with LoP in the Lok Sabha and party leader Rahul Gandhi | Photo Credit: via PTI The Congress high command has authorised senior party leader P. Chidambaram to finalise the seat-sharing pact with the DMK on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. According to … Read more

Three-time T.N. CM, Jayalalithaa’s trusted lieutenant O. Panneerselvam joins DMK ahead of Assembly polls

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In a seismic realignment of the Tamil Nadu political landscape just a few months ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections, O. Panneerselvam, three-time former Chief Minister, five-time AIADMK MLA, and a staunch loyalist of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, joined the DMK in the presence of party president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday (February … Read more

TN BJP chief Annamalai stepping down may change the math for next two elections

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Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president K Annamalai on Friday (April 4) stepped down from the post. The party will announce the next chief by April 9, reports said. Speaking to reporters, Annamalai told reporters that he will not contest the state unit president elections and will work as a cadre of the party. He … Read more

Annamalai likely to step down as BJP-AIADMK alliance talks gain steam- The Week

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With the AIADMK warming up to the BJP in Tamil Nadu, the saffron party’s state president K. Annamalai is likely to step down. Annamalai, sources say, has been asked to step down, not as a “punishment”, but to help the BJP align with the AIADMK to face the 2026 Assembly elections. BJP’s Legislative Party leader … Read more