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Tuesday, May 4, 2021,
Chennai
The DMK stormed back to power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 10 years, with its president M K Stalin set to take over as chief minister on May 7 at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. The DMK-led front won 159 of the 234 seats up for grabsin the April 6 elections, counting for which was taken up on May 2 and 3, 2021. The AIADMK had to bow out of power, coming down from 134 in the previous House to just 66 now. Edappadi Palaniswami submitted his resignation as chief minister.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016,
Chennai
DMDK leader and chief ministerial candidate of the six-party front, Vijayakanth, and DMK treasurer M K Stalin filed nominations for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from Ulundurpettai and Kolathur respectively
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Monday, April 25, 2016,
Koilpatti
MDMK general secretary and co-ordinator of People’s Welfare Alliance (PWA) Vaiko has decided not to contest the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, and has blamed the DMK for creating conflicts in Koilpatti constituency from where he intended to file his nomination on April 25.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016,
Chennai
The Viduthalai Siruthaigal Katchi (VCK), an alliance partner of the DMDK-PWF-TMC alliance, announced its first list of 11 candidates on April 19. The party has been allotted 25 seats as part of the alliance.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014,
Chennai
The DMK virtually rejected an alliance with the Congress by unilterally announcing its list of 35 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, even while renominating 2G scam accused A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran. Party chief M Karunanidhi released the list of party candidates for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It left five seats to its allies, VCK, IUML, MMK and PT.
