A little less than half ended up voting for the AIADMK alliance and about four of every 10 for the DMK alliance. This indicates that the Vanniyar quota issue did not swing any major support for the AIADMK alliance even among the Vanniyar community. We also find that a large section of non-Vanniyar Other Backward Classes (OBC) and MBC communities expressed strong opposition to the Vanniyar quota decision and this seems to have been counterproductive for the AIADMK. Of them, close to half (47%) ended up favouring the AIADMK alliance and four of every 10 (39%) preferred the DMK. Further, even this 4% who supported the government’s decision to extend the retirement age did not vote much for the AIADMK.

Source: The Hindu May 04, 2021 18:45 UTC