The DMK on Tuesday finalised seat-sharing with its allies, including the Congress, for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. This comes a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chennai to participate in an election rally along with alliance partners.
The DMK will contest in 20 seats while its key ally, the Congress, will contest 10, including the lone Puducherry seat.
Two seats each have been allotted to the CPI, CPI(M) and the VCK, and one each to the MDMK, the IUML, the IJK and the KMDK. Vaiko’s MDMK will also get one Rajya Sabha seat, said DMK President MK Stalin.
Talking to the media after finalising the seat-sharing, Stalin said a meeting of alliance partners will be held on March 7 to finalise the constituencies.
DMDK’s dilemma
The seat-sharing agreement has put an end to speculation that Vijayakanth’s DMDK would join the DMK front. The DMDK may now ally with the AIADMK. On Monday, AIADMK leader O Paneerselvam met Vijayakanth and sounded confident that the DMDK would be part of the AIADMK-led alliance.