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Two newly elected TVK MLAs take oath in Tamil Nadu
Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama have taken oath as members of Tamil Nadu’s Legislative Assembly.
Both represent constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes: Kumaravel won in Madurantakam, and Sathyabama in Dharapuram.
The by-elections followed the resignations of two former AIADMK legislators, who left that party to join the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, or TVK.
The TVK nominated both former legislators to contest the by-elections, and they won.
Their victories bring the TVK’s strength to 109 seats in the 234-member Assembly.
The Assembly Speaker administered their oaths in his chamber at the Secretariat.
They can now serve as members of the Assembly.
Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama took oath as Tamil Nadu MLAs on October 12, 2026.
Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar administered the oath in his chamber at the Secretariat.
They were elected from the Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies, respectively.
Both won byelections after resigning from the AIADMK and joining the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.
Their election raised the TVK’s strength in the 234-member Assembly to 109.
- Who
- Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama, newly elected TVK MLAs.
- What
- They took the oath of office.
- When
- October 12, 2026.
- Where
- In the Assembly Speaker’s chamber at the Secretariat in Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- They had won byelections after resigning from the AIADMK and joining the TVK.
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Two former AIADMK MLAs resigned their Assembly memberships, joined the TVK and won byelections after the party renominated them.
Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama took the oath of office.
- New MLAs
- Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama
- Constituencies
- Madurantakam and Dharapuram
- Oath date
- October 12, 2026
- Assembly strength
- 234 members
- TVK strength after byelections
- 109 members
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