MK Stalin elected as president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam at the party headquarters in Chennai. He will be the second president in the history of the DMK, the first being MK Karunanidhi. He held the position for 49 years.

Stalin's elevation as the DMK president is a foregone conclusion as all the  district secretaries have filed nominations on his behalf. Before filing his nomination papers, Stalin visited the memorials of party founder CN Annadurai and former Chief Minister Karunanidhi on Marina Beach. He also sought the blessings of his mother Dayalu Ammal and DMK general secretary K Anbazhagan before filing the nomination papers.