Though the election was billed as a straight fight between the Fronts headed by traditional Dravidian rivals, the DMK and the AIADMK, the presence of Vijay's TVK, in its maiden foray and and another actor-director Seeman's Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK), espousing the cause of Tamil Nationalism, made it a four cornered contest.Numerically, the presence of late leader J Jayalalithaa's close aide V K Sasikala's newly formed AIPTMMK, which has aligned with the PMK Faction headed by its Founder Dr S Ramadoss and contesting in all the seats, technically makes it a five-cornered battle at the hustings, but they were unlikely to make any significant dent in the vote base of the Dravidian majors and are likely to finish as also-rans.The formidable and ...