Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results 2026 | Congress extends 'conditional' support to Vijay's TVK: Report

In a significant development in Indian National Congress’s (INC) post-poll strategy in Tamil Nadu, the party has reportedly passed a resolution to extend conditional support to actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which emerged as the single-largest party in the 234-member Assembly with 108 seats.

According to a report by India Today, the decision was taken during a virtual meeting convened to deliberate on a possible alliance with TVK. The Congress, which secured five seats in the 2026 Assembly election, is expected to seek two Cabinet positions along with chairmanships of select government boards as part of the arrangement.

PTI report added that AICC in-charge for Tamil Nadu Affairs of the party Girish Chodankar had called the meeting of the Committee to decide on extending support to TVK.

Earlier, the party’s central leadership had authorised its Tamil Nadu unit to take a decision based on the public mandate and prevailing political sentiment.

A formal letter backing TVK is likely to be issued on Wednesday, the report added. Following that, Congress legislators are expected to meet Vijay at Panaiyur, the current hub of TVK’s political activity.

Vijay's TVK falling short of the halfway mark needs the support of 10 MLAs to form a government with a simple majority.

The Congress has won five seats, while the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has bagged four seats. The CPI and CPI-M have two seats each. The outgoing ruling party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), has won 59 seats while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has won 47 seats.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won only one seat, and so have the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) and the Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK), while the VCK has won two seats.

The Congress had fought the assembly polls in a pre-poll alliance with the DMK, while the BJP had a tie-up with the AIADMK.