The ruling coalition in Tamil Nadu has finalized the seat sharing formula before the 2026 assembly elections. Under the agreement between Chief Minister MK Stalin’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress, the Congress will contest elections on 28 assembly seats. Apart from this, Congress will also be given one seat in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
This agreement was reached between Stalin and Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K in Chennai. Selvaperunthagai. Seat-sharing was finalized in this meeting held on March 4, 2026. The second round of talks took place at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam, where AICC election in-charge Girish Chodankar, Legislative Party leader Rajesh Kumar and AICC secretary Nivedita Alva were present from the Congress side. Senior DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi also took part in the talks.
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Who has how many seats in Rajya Sabha elections?
A total of 4 seats have come to DMK’s account in the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on 16 March 2026. Out of these, it has been decided to give one seat to Congress and one seat to National Progressive Dravida Kazhagam (NPK). DMK has announced the names of its candidates for the remaining 2 seats. Tiruchi Siva and J. for these seats. Constantine Ravindran has been made the candidate.
Who will contest elections on how many seats?
There are a total of 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. Congress will field candidates on 28 of these seats, while DMK and its allies will contest the remaining seats. Actor Kamal Haasan’s party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) is also a part of this alliance. However, the number of seats MNM will get has not been decided yet.
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This agreement is being considered an important step towards strengthening the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA). The Stalin-led alliance is preparing to return to power with the slogan of Dravidian Model 2.0.
Current status and past records
The politics of the state is going to be more interesting this time. The contest could become triangular with the entry of actor-turned-politician Vijay’s party Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK). At the same time, BJP-AIADMK alliance is also busy in sharpening the election strategy. Let us tell you that in the 2021 assembly elections, DMK had won 133 seats, while Congress had won 18 seats. The DMK-led alliance had won a total of 159 seats.
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