The Next Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election is expected to be held in April-May 2026 to elect all 234 members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

M. K. Stalin Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin ( , born 1 March 1953), often referred to by his initials MKS, is an Indian Tamil politician serving as the 8th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The son of the former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Stalin ...

is the incumbent List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Background

In the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, previous assembly elections, The DMK won 133 constituencies on its own, receiving an Supermajority, absolute majority in the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, whereas its Secular Progressive Alliance, SPA alliance saw victory in a total of 159 constituencies. Meanwhile, the National Democratic Alliance, NDA alliance captured 75 constituencies, out of which the AIADMK had won 66. Other parties, alliances, and Independent politician, independent candidates did not secure any seats. After spending a decade as the opposition party, the DMK won Tamil Nadu from the AIADMK, which reigned the state for two consecutive terms (2011-2021). After the victory,

became the next List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, chief minister of the state. The AIADMK led by Edappadi K. Palaniswami assumed the position of the opposition party at the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly, sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

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Parties and Alliances

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