With Lok Sabha election dates expected to be announced soon, political parties in Tamil Nadu are in a race to secure seat-sharing deals. The ruling DMK is currently working on an alliance with the Congress, who won eight out of nine seats in the state in 2019. Smaller allies, such as the PMK and VCK, are still in talks for seat allocations. Meanwhile, the AIADMK and BJP are also trying to secure an alliance with the PMK to take on the DMK-Congress alliance.