Battle of many firsts for Tamil Nadu

This is the first time, a sort of ‘mini’ election is being conducted along with the Parliamentary seats--when polling will be simultaneously held to fill 18 of the 21 Assembly seats.

 This is the first time, bypolls are being held to fill such a large number of vacancies in the electoral history of the State.

 This is the maiden election battle for actor-turned politician Kamal Haasan, the leader of Makkal Needhi Maiam.

This is also the first election without the presence of two tall Dravidian leaders, the late AIADMK Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and the late DMK CM M Karunanidhi.

 This is the first full-fledged poll contest for AMMK, which is led by TTV Dhinakaran, as the party leader Sasikala is serving the jail term.