5 Tamil Nadu Seats to Watch: Power Corridors, Actor Politics, and DMK Strongholds

The elections will be held in a single phase in the southern state that is currently administered by MK Stalin-led DMK party with 159 seats in the Assembly.| India News

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Tamil Nadu is set to go to polls for the state assembly elections on April 23 to decide who will form the government for the next five years.

The results for the 234-seat Tamil Nadu Assembly will be declared on May 4.

The elections will be held in a single phase in the southern state that is currently administered by MK Stalin-led DMK party with 159 seats in the Assembly.

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Among the key seats in Tamil Nadu is Edappadi that is currently represented by AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami.

Tiruchirappalli East is a high-stakes seat with actor-politician Vijay contesting from here as he faces incumbent two-time DMK MLA Inigo Irudayaraj.

Kolathur is a DMK stronghold and has been held by Stalin for three consecutive terms.

Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar was represented by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa in 2015–16 and after her death in 2018.

Coimbatore South will see a direct contest between DMK’s V Senthilbalaji and AIADMK's Amman K. Arjunan.