The DMK on Saturday started finalising seat-sharing pacts with its allies ahead of the Lok Sabha election. As in the 2019 election, it allotted the Ramanathapuram constituency to the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Namakkal to the Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KMDK).
The seats were finalised after the second round of talks. “We had requested for Ramanathapuram, and also for a Rajya Sabha seat. They [the DMK] said the focus was on the Lok Sabha seats and discussions had not started for the Rajya Sabha seats,” IUML leader Kader Mohideen said, after signing the pact with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. He further said Navas Kani, who won in 2019, would contest again.
