Tamil Nadu News

TN Assembly Floor Test 2026

May 15 , 2026 15 hrs 0 min 64 0

C. Joseph Vijay won the confidence motion in the Tamil Nadu Assembly with 144 votes during the 2026 floor test.
Out of 171 MLAs present, 25 MLAs led by S. P. Velumani voted in favour, while 22 MLAs led by Edappadi K. Palaniswami voted against the motion, showing a split in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam legislature party.
Four Pattali Makkal Katchi MLAs and the lone Bharatiya Janata Party MLA abstained or voted neutral, while Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLAs and Premalatha Vijayakant of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam walked out before voting.
Speaker J. C. D. Prabhakar conducted a division vote, clearly showing the split among the 47 AIADMK MLAs.
The Supreme Court of India stayed the High Court order and allowed TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) MLA R. Sreenivasa Sethupathi to participate in the trust vote, stating that the matter should be decided through an election petition and not under Article 226 of the Constitution.
After the trust vote, the Assembly was adjourned sine die (without fixing the next meeting date), and for the first time, the full proceedings of a Tamil Nadu Assembly confidence vote were telecast live.