Tamil Nadu: The Communist Party of India has been allotted 5 seats within the DMK-led alliance.
With just a month remaining until the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, the ruling DMK, the opposition AIADMK, and the new party Thaweka have intensified their election campaigns. The DMK—entering the electoral fray with the slogan of winning 200 seats and returning to power for a second term—is currently engaged in seat-sharing negotiations with its alliance partners.
The DMK alliance comprises a total of 21 parties. Within this framework, the party has held seat-sharing discussions with various partners, including the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), MNA, Congress, MDMK, Communist Party of India (CPI), CPI (Marxist), VVIP, Thaweka, Jankal Viduthi Katchi, MNM, KMDK, STBI, MJK, Mukulathor Tigers, and the Kongu Youth Council, among others.
In the ongoing negotiations and seat-sharing process thus far, the DMK-led alliance has allotted 28 seats to the Congress, 4 seats to the MDMK, 2 seats to the Indian Union Muslim League, 2 seats to the Kongu Makkal National Party, and 2 seats to the Manithanaya Makkal Party. Against this backdrop, the Communist Party of India—which contested 6 seats in the 2021 Assembly elections—has been allotted 5 seats.
The seat-sharing agreement was signed in the presence of DMK leader and Chief Minister Stalin, along with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India, M. Veerpandian, and its former State Secretary, I. Mutharasan. The seat-sharing pact between the DMK and the Communist Party of India was finalized following four rounds of negotiations.
Within the DMK alliance, it has been decided that the Congress Party will contest under its ‘Hand’ election symbol, the Indian Union Muslim League under its ‘Ladder’ symbol, and the Humanity Party under the ‘Rising Sun’ symbol; meanwhile, the MDMK will contest in three constituencies under the ‘Rising Sun’ symbol and in one constituency under a distinct election symbol. In addition to these five parties, the DMK alliance comprises a total of 15 other parties. The DMK leadership has so far allocated 43 seats to six parties within the alliance, while negotiations with the Makkal Needhi Maiam and the Marxist Communist parties are still ongoing.
