On 9 March, the DMK announced the allocation of 9 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry seat to Congress.
DMK allots 9 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, plus Puducherry, to Congress. (X)
The seat allocation exercise that was posing a challenge to INDIA bloc parties in Tamil Nadu was finally wrapped up on Monday. The decision on which party would contest from which constituency posed a challenge. On Monday, 18 March, the DMK and the Congress jointly announced the seats from which the latter will contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.