AMMK was expected to become the third party after the two alliances of ADMK and DMK but was a huge disappointment in this election.
TTV fails to impress, "ADMK will fall this election as the votes of 18 MLAs who jumped to the AMMK will also come with them to us", said Mr TTV. Dhinakaran the leader of the AMMK party in the election campaign. TTV. Dhinakaran was the shadow person behind Sasikala for years and is considered to be the person who influenced Sasikala to become the chief minister. He was not taken seriously in the ADMK party when Jayalaitha was alive and when she died he got the courage to aim for the Chief Minister seat itself through Sasikala. When Sasikala was arrested on the charges of tax evasions and illegal money making, TTV's dreams shattered.
But then he grouped the MLAs in support of Sasikala during the period of Turmoil in ADMK which was considered as a strategic move from him. In a race to prove himself, he contested in the R K nagar by polls which were the constituency of the late Ms Jayalalitha. Despite the accusations of money distribution he won the election and proved himself worthy of the leader position in AMMK.