Tamil Nadu Exit Poll Shock: Vijay’s TVK Set to Become Biggest Party? | Tamil Nadu Elections 2026

Added: 2026-04-30

[00:00:00]Welcome back in news from Tamil Nadu.

[00:00:02]Tamil Nadu's political script seems to be changing and this time it's not the usual players rewriting it. For decades, the battle has been predictable, DMK versus AIADMK. But, 2026 is shaping up to be very different. A superstar has stepped in and what once looked like a dramatic entry is now turning into a serious power play. The numbers are saying so. Axis My India exit poll [music] has projected a blockbuster debut for Vijay's TVK, giving it 98 to 120 seats in the 234 [music] assembly. And on the other hand, it has given DMK plus 92 to 110 seats [music] and AIADMK plus just 22 to 32 seats.

[00:00:45]Meanwhile, several other exit polls have predicted that DMK will return to power in the state, while one has predicted AIADMK's comeback. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin held a key hurdle [music] with top ministers, including Durai Murugan and Senthil Balaji, with exit poll projections and final result day strategy [music] high on the agenda. The DMK has expressed confidence that exit polls align with its own assessment, [music] saying it has accurately read the public mood and expects to cross the 180 seat mark. It also downplayed TVK's role, stating the party will neither be king nor kingmaker and will gain mainly at AIADMK's expense. The India Today exit poll appears to have triggered fresh political calculation in Tamil Nadu.

[00:01:36]Sources tell India Today that the AIADMK is now exploring the possibility of opening channels with TVK. Much, however, will depend on how many seats Vijay's party wins.

[00:02:09]Other than asking pollsters, other than asking any survey people, you should ask people. You should ask the real voters.

[00:02:16]Go and ask real voters. You take a survey by your own. Ask 100 peoples without camera. You ask 100 peoples without camera and you will know the real what is the reality in the ground.

[00:02:26]Definitely, you we know that 100% whole Tamil people trust our leader and definitely you will see the change, you will see the surprise and forth.

[00:02:34]Predictions went wrong in in the past history. This is the past history.

[00:02:40]So, now why because we are not relying upon the they are taking some minor samples from the public. It is not reflecting the real mood of the Tamil Nadu people. And also, it is not the not reflecting the real real picture. They are not real reflecting the real picture.

[00:03:01]People of Tamil Nadu want to change the government now. This is the ground reality. So, we will come to the power. DMK will not come come again.

[00:03:10]DMK TVK is getting some votes in some packets. They they they also not got even single seat. They will not win. ADMK will come to the power. If in case the numbers marginally also hold true, would the AIADMK consider joining hands with Vijay to make sure that the you know, the DMK loses? Because both of you have one thing is common in common, that is to defeat the DMK. Would you consider joining hands sir with Yeah, no, no. I'm not I think so. It will decide by our leader in the later on.

[00:03:43]Then, but we we are getting dumping majority. What is the question of joining hands with Vijay and all?

[00:03:50]We we don't I am not I don't I am I am not telling a lie. I I am not go into the inner politics. We will decide later on by our leader.

[00:04:29]But, more or less only tough fight I get.

[00:04:39]Talks that are now going on ever since you know, the exit poll results from various you [clears throat] know, fronts have come out. Wherein there are talks that AIADMK is likely looking at you know, a union with the TVK now that the numbers have come out and possibly TVK might do you know, form the governance. How do you see this? I don't think so. We we are going to form the government. We AIADMK is with BJP.

[00:05:03]So, they will they are going to lose definitely.

[00:05:06]See, I'll tell you what is it do for the past 5 years.

[00:05:11]In the last parliament election 2020-24 parliament election, the same number of votes were polled. More or less the same number of votes were cast and DMK swept the election.

[00:05:22]Nobody else had any role. We have been maintaining that we will win this election with a massive margin. And the exit polls, though they are conservative in my estimate, the numbers given by these pollsters are conservative. I'm very very confident that we will cross the 180 mark. See, TVK I think looks like and from what we could sense, they have polled good. They have polled good number, but they are not going to be kingmakers or they are not going to make any change now.

[00:05:53]In fact, it is to the detriment of the ADMK party. If TVK has performed well, that is to the detriment of the to the detriment of the ADMK party and the blame squarely falls on Mr. Edappadi Palaniswami. I don't know what will be the mandate, but the one thing is very clear.

[00:06:11]Whether it is Congress DMK alliance or Mr. Vijay, we are very clear that we are against the ideology of the BJP. Right?

[00:06:19]So, Mr. Vijay also has time and again claimed that he is again south and out against the ideology of the BJP. So, if the majority of the state votes against the BJP, what is the message?

[00:06:31]80% of the people of Tamil Nadu are voting against the divisive communal agenda of the BJP. That the message is clear to Mr. Modi and the BJP and RSS that your divisions won't work in South India.