Chennai, May 8 -- Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay is poised to take charge as the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after the party secured crucial support from key political allies and completed the required majority mark in the 234-member Assembly, sources and party leaders indicated on Friday.

The development comes after Vijay met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Lok Bhavan, where he formally staked claim to form the government after consolidating support from multiple parties following the fractured mandate in the recently concluded Assembly elections.

TVK, which emerged as the single-largest party with 108 seats, had fallen short of the majority mark of 118 required to form t...