
Panneerselvam, who used to perform the role of acting chief minister whenever she was unable to attend work and who became CM on her death, resigned from the post in 2017. He became chief minister following the death of J. Palaniswami entered the world of politics as a party volunteer in 1974. Tamil Nadu chief minister and joint coordinator of AIADMK Edappadi K. As many as 1,419 third gender votes were also recorded.Īlso read: Is Phalke Honour To Rajinikanth Yet Another Instance of BJP’s ‘Award Politics’? A total of 457,76,311 votes were polled in the elections with more women (231,71,736) turning out to vote than men (226,03,156). The voting for the 234 assembly seats on April 6 witnessed a 72.81% turnout which was exactly 2 percentage points less than the 74.81% seen during the 2016 elections. Dhinakaran’s Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) and Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). Then there is also an alliance between T.T.V. In 2018, a year before the Lok Sabha polls, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan floated the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), which is hoping to make major inroads riding on his popularity among the cinema-going population, in these assembly elections. Jayalalithaa, the fight in Tamil Nadu this time is between the ruling alliance of AIADMK-BJP-PMK and the opposition DMK-Congress coalition.Īpart from the two main alliances, there were three other major political parties that contested these polls, with two of them fighting as an alliance.


New Delhi: In the first assembly elections held since the demise of former chief minister and AIADMK supremo J.
