Updated Mar 08, 2021 | 20:05 IST
Times Now-C-Voter opinion poll has projected that the DMK-Congress alliance may win between 154 to 162 seats in Tamil Nadu. Screengrab
New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is likely to sweep the Tamil Nadu assembly elections with a projected win of 158 seats, which is a growth of 60 seats over what it had won in 2016, the Times Now-C-Voter opinion poll has projected.
Meanwhile, the National Democratic Alliance s (NDA) tally may be reduced to 65 seats, a massive decline from the 2016 elections. The party had won 136 seats then.
Tamil Nadu Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting of votes will be done on May 2. As many as 6,28,23,749 electors will choose candidates for the sixteenth Legislative Assembly in the state.
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