sandhyamidday@newdelhi@A ‘Thalapathy’ government is now set to take office in Tamil Nadu. Superstar Vijay Thalapathy, surprising everyone, secured victory in 108 seats in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Following three days of political maneuvering, the Governor of Tamil Nadu extended an invitation to him late Friday evening to form the government. It is anticipated that Vijay Thalapathy may take the oath as Chief Minister on Saturday. While there are still some intricacies regarding the arithmetic of the seat count, it has now been confirmed that a Vijay Thalapathy government will govern Tamil Nadu.
In a historic shift that has dismantled over six decades of Dravidian duopoly, actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay is set to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu tomorrow, May 9, 2026, at 11:00 AM.
The announcement follows a week of intense political manoeuvring after the 2026 Assembly elections delivered a fractured mandate. Vijay’s party, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), emerged as the single largest entity with 108 seats, but remained short of the 118-seat majority mark.
The swearing-in ceremony, scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, marks the first time since 1967 that a party other than the DMK or AIADMK will lead the state.
The development comes after Vijay met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Lok Bhavan, where he formally staked claim to form the government after consolidating support from multiple parties following the fractured mandate in the recently concluded Assembly elections.
However, in a move which was least expected, another contender for the CM post surfaced as AMMK, with 1 seat, extended its support to AIADMK, which has 47 seats to form a government. In a letter, AMMK urged the Governor to invite AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami to form the government.
TVK, which emerged as the single-largest party with 108 seats, had fallen short of the majority mark of 118 required to form the government independently.
