22 seats vacant in TN assembly following AIADMK MLA's death

Number of seats vacant in Tamil Nadu Assembly have increased to 22 after AIADMK MLA R Kanagaraj passed away. The sitting MLA from Sulur in Coimbatore district passed away following a cardiac arrest.

The by-election to Tiruvarur seat was necessitated by the death of sitting member and former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi last year. The Hosur seat fell vacant following the disqualification of minister K Balakrishna Reddy after his conviction in a criminal case. The other constituencies fell vacant after 18 MLAs were disqualified by the speaker after they switched camps and decided to go against the ruling faction.

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