Chennai, March 18 The ruling DMK allocated five seats to its ally CPI for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Wednesday, bringing to a close several rounds of negotiations between the two parties.
Following discussions held at the party headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, here, it was decided that the Communist Party of India would contest five Assembly seats, the DMK said in a statement on Wednesday.
In the 2021 election, the CPI contested six seats.
The state assembly election is scheduled for April 23.