Vijay takes oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after TVK’s historic election win

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay takes oath as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in the course of the swearing-in ceremony, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Sunday, Could 10, 2026. (@TVKVijayHQ-Offl/YT through PTI Picture)

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Chandrasekhar Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the ninth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu following his majestic success in debut elections. The oath was administered by Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar; in the meantime, LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Vijay’s dad and mom, actress Trisha Krishna and others had been current on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to embrace the event.

Aside from Vijay, 9 different TVK leaders, together with N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, KA Sengottaiyan, KG Arunraj, P Venkataramanan, R Nirmalkumar, Rajmohan, TK Prabhu and S Keerthana, took oath as ministers in his maiden cupboard.

Forward of his swearing-in ceremony, Vijay welcomed and greeted Governor Arlekar to the venue. The TVK chief additionally launched the Governor to all of the ministers-designate.

The 2026 Tamil Nadu elections had been registered in historical past books after the state declared an unprecedented mandate for Vijay. Whereas TVK ended up successful 108 out of 234 seats in its maiden political stint, it was for the primary time within the historical past of state politics that each legacy ‘Dravidian’ events had been ousted from energy.

Nevertheless, Vijay could not attain majority by itself and was later provided help by Congress (5), CPI-M (2), CPI (2), VCK (2) and IUML (2), which had been earlier the allies of Secular Progressive Alliance led by DMK.

Vijay, usually referred to as the ‘Thalapathy’, confirmed a crowd-pulling skill within the election rallies, which many in comparison with actor-turned-politician and former CM MG Ramachandran. Whereas Tamil Nadu has had a protracted historical past of actors coming into and conquering politics, the State awaited one other star to step up within the line after Captain Vijayakanth. He has additionally embraced his Christian id whereas being outspoken about secular politics.

Though the TVK was launched in 2024, he has been checked out as a social employee and has not been apolitical, given his movies, which handled drug menace, corruption and different socio-political points. Whereas there was hypothesis of him coming into politics since 2009, Vijay has concerned himself in social work.Within the 2026 elections, he gained two seats, Perambur and Trichy East, and can resign from one.

Revealed on Could 10, 2026