Methodology

The alignment quiz asks ten questions on issues Tamil Nadu is actually debating this election — Centre–State relations, language in schools, cash transfers, farmers, economic strategy, drug policy, social justice, religion in public life, and healthcare. Each option carries weights toward one or more alliances, based on each alliance's publicly stated positions and manifestos. Your score is the sum of those weights.

The four alliances

• DMK

  Incumbent Dravidian front led by M.K. Stalin — continuity on social-justice framework, expanded cash transfers, State autonomy.

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• AIADMK

  Dravidian opposition led by E.K. Palaniswami — welfare-led growth, cooperation with the Union government, targeted subsidies.

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• TVK

  Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, led by Vijay — first full-scale contest, tier-2 city growth, cross-community social-justice framing.

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• NTK

  Naam Tamilar Katchi, led by Seeman — Tamil nationalist platform, locally-rooted economy, Tamil-medium schooling.

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The quiz is meant to be descriptive, not prescriptive — your alignment is a reflection of your positions on ten issues, not an endorsement. You may agree with one alliance on some issues and another on others. That is normal.