DMK to contest 121 seats in TN
he DMK will contest 121 seats and Congress 63 under the seat sharing deal for the April 13 assembly polls, party chief M Karunanidhi announced today.
Making a simultaneous announcement of the deal here, the Tamil Nadu chief minister said he had taken away one seat each from his party, PMK and IUML to concede to Congress'' demand for 63 seats.
Under the seat sharing formula, DMK will contest 121 seats, Congress 63, PMK 30, VCK 10, KMK 7, IUML two and MMK one for the 234-member assembly.
After hard bargaining, Congress managed to extract 63 seats from its alliance partner, which had refused to budge and threatened to pull out its ministers from the UPA cabinet.
he DMK will contest 121 seats and Congress 63 under the seat sharing deal for the April 13 assembly polls, party chief M Karunanidhi announced today.
Under the seat sharing formula, DMK will contest 121 seats, Congress 63, PMK 30, VCK 10, KMK 7, IUML two and MMK one for the 234-member assembly.
After hard bargaining, Congress managed to extract 63 seats from its alliance partner, which had refused to budge and threatened to pull out its ministers from the UPA cabinet.
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