Dmk-congress Seat Deal

The ruling DMK today named the nine seats in Tamil Nadu it allotted to the Congress. The Congress will also be contesting the lone seat in neighbouring Puducherry.

The race to conclude seat-share deals in Tamil Nadu - where the political landscape is dominated by the ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK, with the Congress and BJP playing second fiddle - is picking up pace with the election now just weeks away.

The Congress and its Tamil Nadu ally DMK have not been able to finalise a seat-sharing deal for the April 6 election despite two rounds of talks. According to sources, the Congress's demand for contesting in 30 of the state's 234 assembly seats is unacceptable to its Dravidian ally. The MK Stalin-led party - which is the dominant partner in the all...

DMK sources have told NDTV that they have finalised a seat-sharing deal with the Congress. Under the new deal that has been thrashed out, the Congress will get 60 seats. In the last state election, the Congress was given 48 seats. This deal comes after high-level negotiations through Thursday. A third round of talks held late on Wednesday night had...

The ruling DMK today named the nine seats in Tamil Nadu it allotted to the Congress. The Congress will also be contesting the lone seat in neighbouring Puducherry.

The race to conclude seat-share deals in Tamil Nadu - where the political landscape is dominated by the ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK, with the Congress and BJP playing second fiddle - is picking up pace with the election now just weeks away.

The Congress and its Tamil Nadu ally DMK have not been able to finalise a seat-sharing deal for the April 6 election despite two rounds of talks. According to sources, the Congress's demand for contesting in 30 of the state's 234 assembly seats is unacceptable to its Dravidian ally. The MK Stalin-led party - which is the dominant partner in the all...

DMK sources have told NDTV that they have finalised a seat-sharing deal with the Congress. Under the new deal that has been thrashed out, the Congress will get 60 seats. In the last state election, the Congress was given 48 seats. This deal comes after high-level negotiations through Thursday. A third round of talks held late on Wednesday night had...