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AIADMK-Led NDA Finalizes Seat Sharing in Tamil Nadu
AIADMK will contest 178 seats while BJP and PMK get 27 and 18 respectively in the NDA alliance aiming to defeat the DMK-led SPA in April elections.
- On March 23, 2026, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that the National Democratic Alliance finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for Tamil Nadu's 234-member assembly election, with AIADMK contesting 178 seats.
- Polls are scheduled for April 23 with counting on May 4, as the current assembly's tenure ends May 10. The NDA, led by AIADMK, seeks to unseat the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Secular Progressive Alliance.
- Allies were allotted specific seats: the Bharatiya Janata Party 27, Pattali Makkal Katchi 18, and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam 11. Union Minister Piyush Goyal, BJP Tamil Nadu president Nainar Nagendran, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss, and AMMK General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran attended.
- AC Shanmugam, founder of Puthiya Needhi Katchi, said his party is willing to contest nine constituencies under the BJP lotus symbol. Citing past Vellore performances of 3.25 lakh and 4.70 lakh votes, Shanmugam shared the proposal with Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
- Alliance leaders described the arrangement as a united effort to challenge the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led front in the statewide contest next month. The seat deal positions the NDA coalition to shape electoral strategy across Tamil Nadu ahead of voting.
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