Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2026: VCK to contest eight seats in DMK-led alliance

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) led by Thol. Thirumavalavan has been allotted eight seats in the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) for the upcoming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

The seat-sharing agreement was signed by DMK president MK Stalin and Mr. Thirumavalavan at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam in Chennai on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. According to the agreement between the two parties, VCK will contest six reserved Assembly segments and two general constituencies.

In the 2021 Assembly polls, the party contested six seats: Kattumannarkoil (SC), Cheyyur (SC), Nagapattinam, Thiruporur, Arakkonam (SC) and Vanur (SC). The party won four seats apart from Arakkonam and Vanur (SC).

Speaking to reporters at Anna Arivalayam, Mr. Thirumavalavan said that he had discussed with Mr. Stalin the decision taken by his party on Monday (March 23) for double-digit seats for the upcoming Assembly elections and a Rajya Sabha seat in 2028.

A total of 23 parties are part of the SPA, an ideological alliance not only in Tamil Nadu but also at the national level, and intends to counter “right-wing religious forces”, he said. At this point, considering that the victory of the alliance was as important as the interests of the VCK, it was decided to accept eight seats.

Mr. Thirumavalavan said SPA will win more than 200 seats. He also said that the responsibility lies more with the VCK to defeat the “right-wing alliance of Sangh Parivar” on the one hand and the forces that distorted the ideologies of Karl Marx, BR Ambedkar and Periyar EV Ramasamy in the name of campaign against Dravidian politics on the other.

He said that as of now there is no emphasis on the Rajya Sabha seat as all the vacant seats have already been filled. He said that whenever a vacancy arises in future, his party will discuss the issue with DMK.