Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin sweeps the popularity chart for the second time in two months with 43 per cent backing him as the preferred choice for the next chief minister, the PSE survey finds. The Leader of the Opposition also recorded a two per cent rise since October. Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan stood as the second choice with 10 per cent of respondents backing him while PMK leader A. Ramadoss bagged the third spot with 9 per cent votes.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E. Palaniswami is governing a disgruntled electorate as a strong 57 per cent respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of his government, India Today’s Political Stock Exchange has revealed. The discontentment has grown by three per cent from the last PSE conducted in October 2018.