Chennai, April 23 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Thursday cast his vote at Neelankarai polling booth for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

Actor-turned-politician Vijay is contesting from the Perambur and Tiruchirappalli East constituencies.

In Perambur, Vijay is pitted against DMK heavyweight RD Shekar, who recorded a landslide victory in the last elections by a margin of 54,976 votes against AIADMK's NR Dhanapalan. In Tiruchirappalli East, he is contesting against sitting DMK MLA Inigo Irudayaraj S, who won with a huge margin of 53,797 votes in the 2021 elections.

Vijay is backing his crowd-pulling ability, given his stature as a star, and poll promises against traditional politicians.

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