As TVK’s Vijay eyes Tamil Nadu CM seat, a look at how his parents engineered the rise despite early reluctance | Tamil News
Proving most political analyses and exit polls wrong, actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the single largest party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026. Despite it being their debut polls, Vijay and TVK earned a landslide victory in the state, and when the final results are out, the party is likely to secure over 100 seats out of the total 234. TVK’s massive victory is particularly noteworthy as only Axis My India had predicted that the party would achieve such success, while most other outlets predicted that the outfit would not even cross 30 seats. Based on current trends, Vijay is set to become the fourth actor in history to sit on the Chief Minister’s chair in Tamil Nadu after MG Ramachandran (MGR), his wife Janaki Ramachandran (née VN Janaki), and J Jayalalithaa. Also Read | ‘Massive victory’: Manchu Lakshmi, Radikaa Sarathkumar wish Trisha Krishnan as Vijay’s TVK leads The Vijay Makkal Iyakkam that started it all Although rumours about Vijay’s political entry had been swirling since the late 2000s, he …
