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DMK-Congress alliance wins 27 of 39 Lok Sabha seats

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Against expectations, the DMK, Congress and VCK won 27 of Tamil Nadu's 39 Lok Sabha seats, helping the UPA return to power.

For the 2009 general election the DMK stayed with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, while the PMK, MDMK and the Left parties joined the AIADMK. Polling was held on 13 May 2009 and the results were counted on 16 May. The DMK, Congress and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi won 27 of the 39 seats, and the alliance also kept the Puducherry seat. The AIADMK rose to nine seats from none in 2004, while the PMK lost all six of its seats. M. K. Alagiri won from Madurai in his first national election.

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