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TN Assembly Polls: DMDK Joins DMK-Led Alliance in the Presence of Chief Minister M K Stalin.
DMDK's alliance with DMK aims to consolidate fragmented votes and leverage its grassroots presence after founder Vijayakanth’s death, marking a strategic shift from its 2024 AIADMK partnership.
- Today, DMDK officially joined the DMK-led alliance at Anna Arivalayam in the presence of M K Stalin, announced ahead of the Tamil Nadu election.
- To broaden its coalition, the DMK welcomed DMDK to consolidate vote banks and is expected to bring sympathy votes and grassroots support among Tamil Nadu voters in tightly contested constituencies.
- At the DMDK office, Premalatha announced the pact and a seat-sharing committee will be formed soon, after she met Stalin to propose the alliance.
- M K Stalin welcomed DMDK's joining and said he was very happy over the party entering the 'secular progressive alliance', sharing images of the leaders joining and urging goodwill for Tamil Nadu's progress.
- Having previously aligned with AIADMK in 2024 and AMMK in 2021, DMDK's 2005 founding as a third force includes a failed experiment contesting 60 seats, polling 2.41%.
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