Overview
- TVK legislators, who met Tuesday in Panaiyur, unanimously elected Vijay as their legislative leader, with a meeting with Governor Rajendra Arlekar likely Wednesday to start the process of government formation.
- The party holds 108 seats, which is 10 short of the 118 needed for a majority, and it plans to seek time for a floor test to prove support in the Assembly.
- TVK is exploring outside backing, with outreach reported to Congress and the Left parties that together have nine MLAs, and some reports suggesting talks with PMK.
- Outgoing chief minister M.K. Stalin resigned after the results and after losing his Kolathur seat to TVK’s V.S. Babu, as the DMK fell to 59 seats and moved into opposition.
- The upset challenges decades of DMK–AIADMK dominance in Tamil Nadu politics, with Vijay himself winning from Perambur and Tiruchirappalli East in his party’s debut.