In the previous elections in 2016 Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as Single Largest Party[3] with 15 seats, with the support of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) the government was formed.

[4] However, a trust vote was called after five MLAs of the Congress, including two ministers, and one DMK MLA resigned from the Assembly.

The outgoing chief minister Narayanasamy commented that the Lieutenant Governor, who was a former president of BJP, had appointed members of her own party for all nominated seats, including one who garnished only 174 votes when he contested in regular elections.

[5] After the 2021 election, the Lt Governor once again granted all the non-elected MLAs to BJP, and thus making it the second largest party [6] with 1/3rd of the seats solely from nominated members rather than directly elected by the people.

Even after the swearing in ceremony of the CM, the talks between AIRNC and BJP on cabinet composition and assembly speaker continued for more than a month.