Vijay’s Live Test Today: Can TVK Prove Majority? Numbers Game Explained

New Delhi: Days after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Vijay will take his first floor test in the Assembly on Wednesday.His party TVK emerged as the single largest party in the 2026 parliamentary elections with 108 seats, ending the decades-long duopoly of DMK and AIADMK, but is still 11 seats short of a majority in the 234-member House of Representatives.This has prompted the actor-turned-politician to forge a post-poll alliance with the Congress and several smaller parties.

TVK received support from the Congress Party (5), Indian Muslim League (2), Communist Party of India (2), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2) and Vidutale Chirutegar Kutch Party (2), taking the strength of the ruling alliance to 120 members.what happensThe current numbers appear to be in favor of the newly sworn-in chief minister. Even if one lawmaker is temporarily barred from parliamentary proceedings, including plenary sessions, the alliance remains above the majority, making it appear that Vijay could control the confidence vote. Ahead of the vote, Vijay held a series of meetings with coalition partners and opposition leaders on Tuesday to solidify support. He met Congress leaders at the party headquarters in Chennai, visited VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan at his residence and held talks with IUML leaders.AIADMK vs AIADMKVijay also met AIADMK rebel leaders CV Shanmugam and SP Velumani. AIADMK won 47 seats in the elections. The meetings heightened turmoil within the opposition camp after around 30 AIADMK MLAs led by Shanmugam and Verumani announced their support for the TVK government, openly challenging party president Edappadi K Palaniswami.

Rebel leaders accused Palaniswami of seeking an arrangement with the DMK to form an alternative government, but both the AIADMK leadership and the DMK rejected the charge. Shanmugam defended the decision, saying the AIADMK had to adapt to new political realities after its poor performance in the elections. He said the party should support TVK in restoring what he called “Amma rule”, referring to former chief minister J Jayalalithaa.However, the official AIADMK faction issued a whip directing MLAs from all 47 parties to vote against the confidence motion. Senior leader Agri SS Krishnamurthy warned that breach of the whip would attract action under the anti-defection law.

Another setback before ground testingAnother complication arose after the Madras High Court barred TVK MLA R Seenivasa Sethupathy from taking part in the trust vote. Sethupathy won the Tirupattu seat by one vote and his election was challenged by DMK’s KR Periakaruppan over alleged vote counting irregularities. The court’s interim order reduced TVK’s valid vote count from 120 to 119, still one vote above the majority of 118. Sethupathy has since moved the Supreme Court, which is expected to hear the case on Wednesday.There are also cases of forgeryMeanwhile, TVK triggered a political controversy by claiming to have the support of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam MLA S Kamaraj. AMMK chief TTV Dhinakaran accused TVK of using fake letters of support and AI-generated videos to falsely express the support of its MLAs. TVK denied the accusation and released a video purportedly showing Kamaraj signing a letter of support. Kamaraj was subsequently expelled from the AMMK.