The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu will conduct seat sharing talks with its alliance partners on Monday, February 26. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), the left parties, CPI and CPI-M, and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leaders will hold talks with the DMK leadership led by former Union Minister TR Baalu at the DMK headquarters in Chennai. The DMK leadership will also hold a similar meeting with the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) leadership on February 27.
Sources said that the DMK has told CPI-M leaders that they can contest from Madurai and another seat but not from Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu CPI(M) State Secretary K Balakrishnan has however said that the party is keen to contest from Coimbatore. The CPI is likely to get the Nagpattinam and Tiruppur, the two seats it is representing since 2019.
The DMK has also been holding discussions with Tamil actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) President Kamal Haasan. The DMK leadership is keen that Kamal Haasan should contest the elections along with its alliance from either Coimbatore or from one of three seats in Chennai. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) would likely contest from two seats. Party founder Thol Thirumavalan and General Secretary C Ravikumar, who are sitting MPs, are likely to be fielded again from these seats.
In the 2019 general elections, DMK led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) won 38 of the 39 seats from Tamil Nadu. The party is expecting a clean sweep in the upcoming election by winning all the 39. The party leadership is conducting several layers of screening before finalising on the seat distribution among allies.