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109 MLAs, 118 needed, five seats left: the arithmetic behind Vijay's district tours
Chief Minister Vijay inaugurated projects in Pudukkottai on Monday and was in Erode's Perundurai on Tuesday, both districts with by-elections pending. His TVK has 109 MLAs against the 118 needed for a majority, and winning all five vacant seats would take it to 114.
Five seats, one deadline: Stalin sets DMK's bypoll machinery running before November 25
DMK president M.K. Stalin has asked district functionaries to send panels of candidates for five vacant Tamil Nadu assembly seats, with bypolls due before November 25. The Madras High Court cleared Perundurai and is expected to rule on the other four when it reopens on Monday.