MK Stalin elected unopposed as DMK chief

Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin has been elected unopposed for the second time as the president of the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam).  was elected unanimously at the party's general council meeting on Sunday. He was the only candidate to have filed the nomination for the top DMK. DMK leaders Durai Murugan and T.R.Balu have been elected as general secretary and treasurer of the party. They were also the only leaders to have filed nominations for the key party posts. All three leaders have been elected to their posts for the second time. Stalin was elected unanimously as party president in 2018 following the demise of Karunanidhi.

Stalin is the second president of the DMK. Karunanidhi became the first president of the DMK in 1969 and it was for the first time the post of president was created in the party. Icon of the Dravidian movement and DMK founder C N Annadurai was the party general secretary, the top post till his demise in 1969. The DMK was founded in 1949. Over the years, Stalin, the younger son of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, has held several party posts, including that of DMK treasurer and youth wing secretary. DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi replaced Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan as the party's deputy general secretary. The current deputy general secretaries are - Periyasamy, Anthiyur Selvaraj, K Ponmudy and A Raja.