Chennai, May 5 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay was elected as the party's legislative leader by newly elected MLAs on Tuesday, a day after leading it to victory in his poll debut.

TVK defeated the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), winning 108 seats in the 234-member assembly, just short of the 118 required to form the government.

The party requires 10 more seats to form the government and would need support either from the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) or the AIADMK-led NDA to stake claim.

"We all met and exchanged our greetings with him. Later, he was unanimously elected as the legislative party leader." J Kamatchi, who won from Pallavaram con...