Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has surprised everyone by leaving behind both AIADMK and DMK, political parties that have ruled Tamil Nadu since decades.
According to early
trends, by leading in over 100 seats, Vijay has successfully pulled off a “triple-slayer” move. Tamil Nadu Election Results 2026 Live
Though the counting of votes for the Tamil Nadu election is underway, celebrations have already erupted in Vijay’s house.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu: As TVK leads in early trends of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, TVK President Vijay’s father S. A. Chandrasekhar, mother Shoba, and other family members are celebrating by blowing whistles
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As soon as the trends were out, videos of TVK president’s father SA Chandrasekhar, mother Shoba, and other family members celebrating by blowing whistles, have gone viral. Another video showed the actor’s family in tight embraces and jumping with joy. ECI 2026 Live Results
Meanwhile, state police have tightened security outside Vijay’s house as party workers and fans expected to descend soon with congratulations.
For years, elections in Tamil Nadu followed a pattern most observers could map in advance. Since the early 1990s, it’s largely been DMK, then AIADMK, and back again.
Tamil Nadu has long awaited the entry of a new player to end the “Dravidian” binary of the DMK and AIADMK that acted as an impenetrable wall that swallowed the political ambitions of even the biggest legends, and even national parties couldn’t break it.
As of 12:30pm, counting trends show his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leading in 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly, just short of the 118 magic mark. The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance is down to third, while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) combine is running second.
