CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India has allotted the 'Whistle' symbol to actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), for the forthcoming Puducherry Assembly elections, extending a similar concession granted earlier in Tamil Nadu.

In a communication dated February 12, the poll panel informed Chief Electoral Officers concerned that the party's request for allotment of a common symbol under Paragraph 10B of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, had been accepted.

According to the order, the 'Whistle' symbol has been allotted to TVK for all Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory of Puducherry for the upcoming general elections. The concession enables candidates set up by registered unrecognised parties to contest under a common symbol during the election.

With the allocation now confirmed, TVK is set to enter the Puducherry electoral fray with a unified symbol.