Had the BJP and AIADMK formations fought collectively in 2024 Lok Sabha election, they might have been forward of the SPA in 85 meeting segments, by making use of the yardstick of the 12 months’s development of voting.
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The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has taken the lion’s share of these Assembly seats, the place the mixed votes of the coalitions headed by it and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) exceeded the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) throughout the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Had the two formations fought collectively, they might have been forward of the SPA in 85 meeting segments, by making use of the yardstick of the 2024 development of voting. Of these seats, the Dravidian main has retained 65 seats.
Of the remaining 19 Assembly segments, the BJP and the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) have been allotted eight every with one every to the Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK), Puratchi Bharatham and the Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK). In reality, in 2024 when the PMK was a constituent of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), it was forward in three Assembly segments, of which two — Pennagaram and Dharmapuri — have been assigned to the occasion, the different being Pappireddipatti, the place the AIADMK has named its nominee.
It can also be to be saved in thoughts that the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), which was with the AIADMK in 2024, is now an ally of the DMK. Two years in the past, the DMDK took the lead in two Assembly segments — Thirumangalam and Aruppukottai. Also, former Chief Minister O. Paneerselvam, who contested in Ramanathapuram as an unbiased beneath the NDA fold two years in the past, has been named as the DMK’s candidate for Bodinayakkanur.
In phrases of the region-wise break-up of the 65 seats netted by the AIADMK, 31 are in the western area, one of the strongholds of the occasion and the dwelling area of many leaders of the occasion similar to basic secretary Edappadi Ok. Palaniswami (Edappadi), deputy basic secretary Ok.P. Munusamy (Veppanahalli), and former Ministers P. Thangamani (Kumarapalayam) and S.P. Velumani (Thondamuthur). The occasion was, by itself, was forward in Edappadi and Kumarapalayam in 2024, aside from six others.
Sixteen Assembly segments are in the northern districts, which embrace Mailam, the place former Law Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam goes to contest, whereas 14 are in the south. The central or Cauvery delta area, the place the occasion might win solely in 4 seats throughout the 2021 Assembly polls, accounts for 4, which cowl Viralimalai and Vedaranyam, each being represented by the AIADMK’s former Ministers C. Vijayabaskar and O.S. Manian, and two others.
As for the BJP, Avanashi, Rasipuram, Coimbatore (North), and Sattur, the seats recognized for the occasion’s main figures together with Nainar Nagenthran, are amongst the advantageous seats. In the case of the PMK, Gingee and Virkavandi are some such locations. Kunnam, Ok.V. Kuppam and Rajapalayam are the different three seats allotted to the three events — IJK, Puratchi Bharatham, and the TMMK.
Published – March 30, 2026 12:46 am IST
