Chennai, May 6 -- Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Wednesday dissolved the state Legislative Assembly with effect from May 5.

The assembly was dissolved following polls in the state in which Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-turned-politician Vijay, emerged as the single-largest party.

Vijay is firming up support to cross the majority mark in the Tamil Nadu assembly, sources said on Wednesday.

The sources said TVK "does not have official figures as of now" and the Governor is apparently not convinced about the numbers so far.

They said he is unlikely to take oath as Chief Minister tomorrow.

TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member state assembly and is ten short of the majority mark. With Vijay also to step do...