NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAR 8
The Times Now-C Voter survey on Monday predicted a victory for the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming Assembly elections. According to their pre-poll survey, the DMK alliance is expected to win as many as 158 seats, while the AIADMK alliance is only predicted to win 65 seats.
Almost all exit polls predicted DMK's victory in 2016 Assembly election, but Amma (Jayalalithaa) created history by winning continuously for the 2nd proving all the surveys wrong: Pugazhendhi, Spokesperson, AIADMK, tells Padmaja Joshi on @thenewshour AGENDA. | #May2WithTimesNow pic.twitter.com/DGMvyC53RA
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) March 8, 2021
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), led by actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, meanwhile is predicted to win five seats, while TTV Dhinakaran’s AMMK and other parties are expected to secure three seats each.
When compared to the 2016 polls, according to this latest survey, the DMK-led alliance is expected to win 60 seats more than last time, while the AIADMK-led alliance is predicted to finish with 71 fewer seats.
As far as vote shares are concerned, C Voter has predicted a 11% difference between both alliances with DMK alliance predicted to get 43.2% votes and the AIADMK alliance 32.1% of the votes. The survey pegs MNM at 7.1% and AMMK at 6.5%. Other parties meanwhile are predicted to get 11.1%.
In the previous elections, the DMK had won 98 seats while the AIADMK had won 134 seats. Of the total votes polled, the share of votes AIADMK grabbed stood at 40.77% in 2016, while the DMK got a vote share of 31.64%.
The AMMK has announced that it will fight the elections with AIMIM. On Monday, TTV Dhinakaran, the AMMK Chief, released the list of three constituencies which have been allotted to AIMIM for the upcoming polls.
The AIMIM will contest in Krishnagiri, Sankarapuram and Vanyambadi constituencies.
