Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Wednesday (May 6) and staked a claim to form the state government. The development came two days after his political party emerged as the single largest party but was short of a simple majority.On Wednesday, the Congress announced its support to the TVK to form the Tamil Nadu government, in a move the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) — the Congress' long-time ally — described as "backstab".Vijay is likely to take oath as Chief Minister on May 7, according to party sources.People also askAI powered insights from this story•5 QUESTIONSThe Tamil Nadu Assembly has 234 members, requiring 118 seats for a simple majority. The TVK, with 108 seats, needs an additional 10 seats to form the government.The Congress party, with 5 MLAs, has publicly announced its support for the TVK to form the Tamil Nadu government. This alliance marks a break from the Congress's 55-year partnership with the DMK.The combined tally for the TVK and Congress stands at 113 seats (108 from TVK and 5 from Congress), which is still short of the 118 seats required for a majority.No, Tamil Nadu, with 234 assembly seats, can have a maximum of 35 Cabinet ministers. The outgoing DMK government had 34 ministers.The Congress has stipulated that its support is conditional on the TVK excluding parties with communal ideologies that do not adhere to the Indian Constitution from the alliance.How many MLAs from the TVK, Congress and other political parties will form the Tamil Nadu Assembly? How many ministers can Tamil Nadu have? Here's how numbers stack up after the 2026 polls:Party-wise number of MLAs in Tamil Nadu Assembly in 2026:The Tamil Nadu Assembly has 234 members. Of them:TVK has: 108 MLAsDMK: 59All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK): 47Congress: 5Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK): 4Indian Union Muslim League (IUML): 2Communist Party of India (CPI): 2Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK: 2Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPI(M): 2Bharatiya Janata Party -(BJP): 1Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK): 1Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMKMNKZ): 1Who will form Tamil Nadu govt?The TVK, which contested and won the Tamil Nadu election with a majority of seats, will form the state government with support from the Congress.A political party or a coalition must cross the majority mark to comfortably form the government. In the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly, the majority mark is 118. None of the political parties achieved this mark in the 2026 elections.The TVK, as the single-largest party, staked a claim to form the Tamil Nadu government. Party chief Vijay met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Wednesday regarding this. The TVK won 108 seats and needs an additional 10 seats to form a government.While the Congress party with 5 MLAs has publicly announced its support for the TVK, it was not immediately clear who else among smaller parties has extended support to Vijay's party.How do the numbers stack up in TVK's favour in Tamil Nadu Assembly?Going by the absolute number of seats won by the parties in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Elections, the ruling coalition in Tamil Nadu will likely consist of:TVK: 108 MLAsCongress: 5 MLAsThe official tally in favour of the TVK-Congress' side stands at 113 seats and is still short of five. No other political party have announced its support for the TVK yet. Here's what other parties are saying:"In a bid to bridge the gap, the TVK has also approached AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS)," Tamil Nadu Congress President K Selvaperunthagai was quoted by ANI as saying on Wednesday.The support of the AIADMK, which secured 47 seats in the assembly elections, could help the TVK comfortably cross the halfway mark.The VCK, an ally of the DMK, was yet to take a decision, party sources told PTI on Wednesday. "It will be decided by our party president, Thol Thirumavalavan," a senior party functionary was quoted as saying.The
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