Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 | Chennai's triangular contest: DMK defends as AIADMK, TVK push back
Except for the 1991 ‘wave election’, Chennai has largely been a bastion of the DMK, until AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa broke the citadel by winning half of the 14 seats in 2006 and nearly sweeping the city in 2011.