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With 2 weeks left for nominations to open, poll scene to gain momentum in TN

Chennai, Feb 26 (UNI) The poll scene in Tamil Nadu
will gain momentum in the coming days as exactly
two weeks time was available for the political parties
to work out their alliances and finalise the seat sharing
formalities.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced
single phase polling--to elect the 16th Assembly--on April
six for the 234 seats, with the filing of nominations set to
open on March 12.
The last date for filing of nominations was March 19
and the scrutiny would take place the next day.
The last date for withdrawal of nomination is March 22,
the polling would take place on April six and the counting
of votes would take place three weeks later on May two.
With the ruling AIADMK headed by Chief Minister
Edappadi K Palaniswami, who is also named as
the CM candidate for the polls, and the Opposition
DMK led by its President M K Stalin already hitting
the campaign trail, the poll scene will become more
hotter in the coming days.
The BJP's alliance with AIADMK was confirmed and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already attended
elections meetings in the State and in neighbouring
Puducherry.
As the time was too short, both the fronts--one headed
by AIADMK and the other led by the DMK--has to finalise
the seat sharing talks, identify the constituencies and
nominate the candidates, quickly before hitting the
campaign trail.
Also in the fray were Makkal Neethi Maiam of actor
politician Kamal Haasan, AMMK led by TTV Dhinakaran
and Naam Tamizhar Katchi of actor-director Seeman.
However, in view of the corona pandemic and taking
various factors into consideration, including the Plus
two board exams, the elections are being held rather
early, giving just two week's time for the parties to
finalise their strategies, before the filing of nominations
open on March 12.
The elections for the 15th Legislative Assembly was
held on May 16 and counting was taken up three days
later.
In 2016, AIADMK led by late J Jayalalithaa, along
with smaller parties, won 136 of the 234 seats it
had contested, bucked the trend, and won for the
second successive term, emulating the record set
by her political mentor and AIADMK Founder MGR in
1984.
The DMK won 50 per cent of the seats--89 out of the
178 seats--it had contested and emerged as strongest
opposition ever in Tamil Nadu Assembly, but a poor
show by its key ally, the Congress, which won just
eight of the 41 seats, cost the DMK dearly.
The People's Welfare Front consisting of actor-turned
politician Vijayakanth's DMDK, MDMK led by Vaiko, CPi,
CPI(M), TMC and VCK, faced the elections as a Third
Front and drew a blank.
The BJP and PMK faced the polls alone and drew a blank.
However, the scenario changed in 2019 Lok Sabha polls,
when the DMK-led Front comprising the Congress, CPI,
CPI(M), MDMK, VCK and IJK, swept the elections winning
38 of the 39 seats, while the AIADMK, which had BJP,
DMDK and TMC as its allies, managed to win only one
seat.
The same alliance pattern was expected to continue for
the Assembly elections also.
UNI GV 1803
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