Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Top Leaders Intensify Campaigns for Madurantakam, Dharapuram By-Polls
Two Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu are going to by-elections.
They are Madurantakam and Dharapuram.
Many major political parties want to win them.
TVK president C Joseph Vijay plans to campaign in each place for two days.
He will meet voters on one day and hold a roadshow on another.
AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami also plans to campaign for two days in each constituency.
The DMK, CPI, CPM and Naam Tamizhar Katchi will send their senior leaders too.
The elections are becoming a close contest because the parties believe the seats are important.
TVK president and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay plans two days each in Madurantakam and Dharapuram.
Vijay is seeking to win seats previously held by Maragatham Kumaravel and Sathyabhama as AIADMK candidates.
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami plans two-day campaigns in both constituencies for Kanitha Sampath and K Bhanumathi.
The DMK, CPI, CPM and Naam Tamizhar Katchi are also preparing intensive campaigns by senior leaders.
The intensified campaigning reflects the major parties’ efforts to secure seats seen as politically important.
- Who
- TVK president and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, and senior leaders of the DMK, CPI, CPM and Naam Tamizhar Katchi.
- What
- Major political parties are intensifying campaigns for by-elections in two Assembly constituencies.
- When
- As campaigning begins gaining momentum at the grassroots level; specific election dates are not stated.
- Where
- The Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- The seats became vacant after Maragatham Kumaravel and Sathyabhama resigned following their move from the AIADMK to the TVK, and the parties consider the contests significant.
TVK Position
AIADMK Position
Who should win the seats
TVK Position
TVK president C Joseph Vijay is seeking to win the constituencies after the former AIADMK winners joined the TVK.
AIADMK Position
AIADMK considers the constituencies its strongholds and is campaigning to retain them with Kanitha Sampath and K Bhanumathi.
Campaign strategy
TVK Position
Vijay plans voter outreach on one day and a roadshow on another day in each constituency.
AIADMK Position
Edappadi K Palaniswami also plans two-day campaigns in both constituencies to support the AIADMK candidates.
- Constituencies
- Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies
- TVK campaigner
- C Joseph Vijay plans two days in each constituency
- AIADMK campaigner
- Edappadi K Palaniswami plans two days in each constituency
- AIADMK candidates
- Kanitha Sampath in Madurantakam and K Bhanumathi in Dharapuram
- Previous seat holders
- Maragatham Kumaravel and Sathyabhama won the seats as AIADMK candidates before moving to the TVK
- Other parties campaigning
- The DMK, CPI, CPM and Naam Tamizhar Katchi are planning intensive campaigns