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DMK Seals 5-Seat Pact With CPI as CPI(M) Holds Out and AIADMK–BJP Talks Enter Final Phase

Compressed election timelines are forcing parties to lock seat shares before nominations open on March 30.

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Overview

  • The CPI will contest five Assembly constituencies under the DMK-led front, with the agreement signed on March 18 in the presence of M. K. Stalin and CPI’s M. Veerapandian.
  • Congress has been allotted 28 seats in the DMK alliance, with party leaders also citing an agreed Rajya Sabha berth.
  • The CPI(M) has refused the DMK’s offer of five seats and is insisting on contesting more than the six it held in 2021, keeping Left unity unsettled.
  • AIADMK chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami is in New Delhi for seat-sharing talks with Amit Shah, and BJP’s Piyush Goyal is arriving in Chennai to help close the pact, with an announcement expected soon according to party sources.
  • DMK is conducting multi-day candidate interviews in Chennai as talks continue with smaller allies, including a second round of discussions with Kamal Haasan’s MNM on specific constituencies.