The Hindu - Chennai

#TamilNadu’s 234 constituencies will go to polls on April 23 to elect its 17th State Assembly. We explain, using graphics, everything you need to know about the candidates and voter demographics in the State. trib.al/C2eexGx

#TamilNadu has in the past witnessed two elections in which Independent candidates secured the backing of a mainstream political party, with strikingly different results, and the two instances were separated by nearly a quarter of a century | @dsureshkumar trib.al/UaBCIaY

First published in 1885, Manual of the Administration of Madras Presidency (MAMP) by C.D. Maclean is densely packed with information. It also gives us some explanations of certain place names in #Chennai, writes @MadrasMobile. thehindu.com/news/cities/ch…

Actors with huge fan followings, such as Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, and Vijayakant, as well as popular stars like K. Bhagyaraj, Karthik, and Ramarajan, have tried their luck in elections with limited success | @udhavn trib.al/ZhsrCOs

A new entrant to #TamilNadu’s highly contested electoral battlefield, #Vijay, a celebrated star on whose popularity the #TVK is banking on, attracted massive crowds to his freewheeling roadshows, drawing significant numbers of women and youth | @nscwrites trib.al/h5GnWlN

Dipping into his oratory skills and charisma, #NaamTamilarKatchi chief coordinator #Seeman turned his political speeches into a “presentation” of sorts, explaining through audio-visual cues to underline how he would #TamilNadu’s agri economy | @udhavn trib.al/jOFEyh3

#AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami has been helming the #NationalDemocraticAlliance. He has more than once proved who is calling the shots in the alliance | @Rama_Krishnan trib.al/12HAWeg

With only 7,617 registered transgender voters in #TamilNadu, representatives from the community say party manifestos for the April 23 Assembly election carry only a few measures, leaving a long list of unmet demands out of the discourse | @SahanaMira trib.al/6bGU533

#MadrasHighCourt Chief Justice's Bench dismisses a public interest litigation petition filed by advocate A. Mohandass seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to initiate action against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's secretary P. Umanath IAS for having allegedly violated the model code of conduct by issuing instructions to Collectors and police officials @THChennai Backgrounder👇 thehindu.com/elections/tami…

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#TamilNaduElection2026: A model polling station being set up at the Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School at Ranganathapuram in #Coimbatore on Wednesday ahead of the Assembly polls on April 23. 📸: @peri_periasamy / @THChennai @the_hindu

#CPI general secretary D. Raja on Tuesday expressed confidence that the #DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance would win the #TamilNaduAssemblypoll as the people here do not accept the ideology of #BJP, a part of the AIADMK-led #NDA in the State | @vrsrini trib.al/XyLc14u

#DMK president and CM #MKStalin on Tuesday asserted that #TamilNadu, shaped by leaders such as C.N. Annadurai and M. Karunanidhi, could never be undermined by the #BJP-led #NDA as long as the #DMK and he remained active and alive. trib.al/1xHhBK2

#TamilNaduElection2026: A special youth and women’s polling station being set up at the Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School at Ranganathapuram in #Coimbatore on Wednesday ahead of the Assembly polls on April 23. 📸: @peri_periasamy / @THChennai @the_hindu

The ruling #DMK, led by CM #MKStalin, and the Opposition #AIADMK, led by #EPS, remain the major players. But #NTK leader Seeman and actor and #TVK founder #Vijay threaten to disrupt the bipartisan politics the State has seen over the past five decades. trib.al/lEX9HUJ

#TamilNaduelections: Today, street cred is earned by putting out memes and images on social media, entertaining sometimes, but not always factual, and with the gleeful creation of fake videos, aided by AI, writes @ramyakannan. trib.al/LSqd9h6

With the Assembly elections fast approaching, candidates in Tiruchi undertook a range of innovative campaign strategies to connect with voters over the past few days @THChennai thehindu.com/elections/tami…

#AndhraPradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday pushed for a “double-engine government” in #TamilNadu, arguing that alignment between the Centre and the State would accelerate economic growth and strengthen welfare delivery. trib.al/oQv7quT

On the ground, the #DMK continued to rely on its well-oiled party machinery -- public meetings, door-to-door canvassing, and localised engagement. Parallelly, it scaled up its digital operations, regularly releasing ads on social media | @kolappan thehindu.com/elections/tami…

The #AIADMK on Tuesday announced that it would set up “24x7 War Rooms” at all the district headquarters to prevent and monitor incidents of violence against women, if elected to power in the #TamilNaduAssemblyelections. trib.al/do9WlkM