The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the political party led by Tamil film star C. Joseph Vijay, has won 108 of Tamil Nadu's 234 state assembly seats in elections held on May 4, 2026, making it the single largest party but leaving it short of the 118-seat majority needed to govern alone. The incumbent DMK-led alliance, which includes Congress and Left parties, finished second with 73 seats, while the AIADMK-led bloc — which includes the BJP — won 53 seats; in vote share, TVK took 34.92%, ahead of the DMK+ on 31.39% and AIADMK+ on 27.22%. Vijay has since written to the Communist Party of India (CPI), a constituent of the DMK's alliance, requesting its support to form a government, with the CPI set to hold an executive committee meeting on May 8 to deliberate on the request.