Watch: CM Vijay Wins Floor Test With 144 Votes After AIADMK’s Split Vote

Added: 2026-05-14

[00:00:06]I declare that this house has confidence to see Joseph Vijay and as chief minister of the house.

[00:00:20]144 people supported the motion to have C. Joseph Vijay as the chief minister.

[00:00:27]144 people expressed confidence in S.

[00:00:30]Joseph Vijay as chief minister.

[00:00:38]22 people opposed.

[00:00:42]22 people opposed it and five people took a middle ground. Since the number of people since S since the number of people who voted in favor are more categorically the chief minister's motion has won on this house I have declared that the chief minister's motion has won on the house. So that's S Jose Vijay's motion as chief minister to the house has expressed confidence with 144 MLAs in support 22 against and five who took a middle position. This is discounting the number of DMK MLAs which is 59 who walked out of the floor of the house.

[00:01:26]We'll wait for the I I give my greetings and congratulations to the permanent chief minister of Tamil Nadu.

[00:01:56]He has had enormous victory and the reason for this is selfbelief love that he has on people and extreme hard work.

[00:02:08]He kept saying confident, confident, be confident. Victory is ours.

[00:02:30]The seat minister will say that victory after victory will come to me. But the credit for all that victory will go to you MLAs in this house.

[00:02:41]He has made a silent revolution and an enormous victory.

[00:02:47]This is nothing but a win.

[00:02:57]There is a huge victory for the motion of confidence moved by the chief minister on the floor of the house.

[00:03:05]The reason for this is his unshakable belief.

[00:03:15]Burdens are stepping stones for victory.

[00:03:22]Destroyed all. suffering to pieces and hurdles to pieces.

[00:03:29]War march towards this massive victory that you've got today.

[00:03:40]You should not think that a task is tough before starting the task.

[00:03:45]It's about achieving tough tasks and reaching victory. That's great success.

[00:03:53]Instead of getting shaken, he's made others in awe of his success.

[00:04:12]I think of one thing before government and power comes before that he ran his fan clubs through fan clubs.

[00:04:30]He helped the people. He did social initiatives through his fan clubs. He helped in education.

[00:04:39]He took everybody along through his fan clubs.

[00:04:49]The good deeds that he did did then has led to the victory right now.

[00:05:00]I am also including myself in this great victory that the chief minister achieved here.

[00:05:28]This government will not last just for 5 years but will go on forever.

[00:05:48]I thank everybody in this great moment.

[00:05:51]I thank him and I thank all you members in the house.

[00:05:58]The chief minister will now speak.

[00:06:10]Honorable speaker firstly let me thank from my heart all those MLAs who made this people's government people form government for the people government its success today on the floor of the house without any major coalition without without any other alliance as with an alliance with the people 1967 and 1977 like the governments that were formed in 1967 and 1977 Seven, the Tamil TV government will also be one for the common people and for the ordinary citizens.

[00:07:14]People have trusted us and have voted us.

[00:07:22]History has changed. Whistle power changed into victory power.

[00:07:32]Within 3 years of forming a party 34.3% vote 1 cr 72 lakh people have given us PBK has been chosen as the single largest party by a mile in this assembly.

[00:07:56]If within 3 years of forming this government, forming this party, we have just missed majority by a short mark.

[00:08:10]Don't think of this as a minority government.

[00:08:17]We will state it ourselves. It's a minority government.

[00:08:27]This is a government that will protect the rights of the minorities.

[00:08:34]Not just that, women, children, youth, government workers, teachers, farmers.

[00:08:43]This government is for all of you.

[00:08:48]Because you trusted that that we have won this vote of confidence.