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Make sure to choose the Right-party

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Let's come together and defeat the drug mafia, sexual assault model government

Vote for a sensible and honest candidate.

Let's all get this clear. Vijay is not gonna become CM in the first election. He will win as MLA. Maybe five MLA's at max from his party. His seat will be between 1-5.

Now here comes the percentage game. Right now we can all be sure TVK party is not gonna get less than 10% votes for sure. It will be above 10%.

With TN people not liking BJP, Stalin is gonna win and become CM again for sure. In his next term he will promote Udayanidhi for the next face as CM considering Stalin's health.

Now why I am saying to "Vote for TVK" is, we can raise that percentage of TVK from 10% to 20%. Still TVK can't manage more than 5 MLAs. But this increased percentage means DMK wins with 39-41% votes instead of 48% votes.

Why is this important?

DMK in the next term is undergoing transition period to Udhay. To make that smooth, Udhay has to win as CM and prove in the party. So if TVK this election got lets say 20%, then DMK will have to put lot of work to hold their position and make Udhay CM. So they will do lot of good to people and to state. We will benefit.

But if TVK gets less than 10% and as admk-bjp is not an actual threat, then DMK will become lathergic that no one is there to oppose and they will do less good only.

So for the betterment of people and the state, VOTE FOR TVK. This wil give better governance from DMK.

"Monopoly in anything is wrong. As people we have to prevent monopoly and keep a competition so that we will benefit at the end of the day". By voting for TVK we can stop the monopoly.

At the beginning of this election cycle, almost nobody was giving TVK a real chance. It was being written off by most analysts and even many voters.

But now? I’m seeing a noticeable shift. There’s visibly more energy and support for TVK on the ground, especially after Vijay’s recent roadshow and public meeting in Tiruppur. The crowds, the buzz, and the momentum — it genuinely looks promising.

I’m not saying they’re going to win a majority or hit some crazy vote percentage. But compared to how things looked just a few weeks ago, TVK seems to be in a much stronger position right now.

Has anyone else noticed this change?

what is hung assembly and if according to predictions, if hung assembly is formed, who will get benefitted? TVK?

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Polling is in four days. I've been drafting a follow-up on Annamalai's non-contesting thread, but before that post goes up I want to step back and ask a more basic question that I think gets skipped in most of these debates:

Who are we actually choosing between as the next CM of Tamil Nadu, and which one has the most defensible track record?

1. M. K. Stalin (DMK) incumbent CM, 5 years in office
2. Edappadi K. Palaniswami / EPS (AIADMK) CM 2017–2021, current Leader of Opposition
3. Vijay (TVK) film actor, party founded 2024, zero government experience
4. Seeman (NTK) Tamil nationalist, 15+ years in politics, zero government experience

Stalin (DMK, 5 years as CM, 2021–2026)

I want to be fair here, so I'm going to try to list what DMK can genuinely point to.

• Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai (Rs. 1,000/month cash transfer to women heads of household)
• Breakfast scheme for government-school children
• Some Chennai metro expansion
• A couple of industrial MoUs
• If there are any foreign investments kindly share metrics

That's close to the honest list. If someone has a longer one that's worth putting in front of a villager, please post it, I genuinely want to see it.

What's live in every rural panchayat meeting I've attended: the TASMAC expansion (new outlets, not closures), ganja availability in district towns, the gap between cash-transfer scheme delivery and actual infrastructure.

The "Dravidian Model" as a phrase has not been matched by a project someone can stand in front of and say "this is what we built." This is the incumbent party asking for a second term. The question is what the second term is supposed to be built on.

Edappadi Palaniswami (AIADMK, CM 2017–2021)

EPS's tenure is actually checkable because it was recent and short enough to fit into one memory cycle. Most content covered in the video.

Not saying it's all perfect. Anti-incumbency in 2021 was real. But there's a difference between a leader who has been tested in office and produced some outcomes versus leaders who haven't been tested or who've been tested and produced mostly press releases.

Vijay (TVK)

Pros

• Young energy
• honestly a fresh take when seeing people casual things instead of giving shawl and praise leaders.

Cons

• Zero government experience. Zero administrative experience. Zero policy platform beyond speeches.
• Has not given any proper interview
• He cannot do ground work like DMK and ADMK they have been doing 7 to 8 months of preparation and participate in election work like helping people in SIR or other things like distribution of booth slips. A/DMK literally help guys here by distributing and helping out govt employees also
• Ground work is sleepless nights and random schedules but here VJ cant even complete his tour schedule and cancels evening plans.
• Leaders for most parties jump to ground when issues come but VJ did not give attention. Think what he might do if there is a storm or flood or something? Is he ready to go on ground?
• If the argument for him is "fresh face, no corruption baggage" fine, that's real. But after coming to power can he critically think?
• He is un opinionated. He is some one who can be influenced very easily is what is seems. Voting for him is voting to find out.
• Advisors are very less experienced politically. MGR had very good Operations guys from DMK who joined who could pull off many things
• Operations is what is missing even for Annamalai, PR is one thing but Politics is Operations. A typical MLA in during peak times has to travel to 20 to 30 events in single day are people ready for it in TVK

Seeman (NTK)

Fifteen plus years in politics. Consistently sincere about Tamil nationalism. Never held any office. Has no record of producing a costed policy document or a governance blueprint.

All speeches sound nice qualitatively but there is no quantitative proof or system design. He is neither an economist nor proved in administration.

The rational case for EPS

He is not the flashiest option. He will not win anyone over with a speech. He is not the name that dominates WhatsApp forwards.

What he is: the only leader on the ballot whose governance track record is auditable in specifics, and whose specifics, five years later, still hold up reasonably. In a year where the incumbent DMK has no fresh achievement list, Vijay has no experience, and Seeman has no record EPS is the candidate whose past tenure can actually be pointed at.

That is not a romantic case for him. It is a rational one. It is the case of a voter looking at who can actually run a Rs. 30 lakh crore state economy starting May 2026, not who gives the best interview.

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