PMK may do better than the BJP Updated: Updated: The AIADMK has allotted 23 seats to the PMK and 20 to the BJP Share Article The AIADMK has allotted 23 seats to the PMK and 20 to the BJP The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) may fare better than the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this time, if the performance of the AIADMK-led alliance, which includes the two parties, during the 2016 Assembly election and the 2019 Lok Sabha poll is any indication. The AIADMK has allotted 23 seats to the PMK and 20 to the BJP. Five years ago, when the PMK, the BJP and the AIADMK contested separately, the sum of votes polled by the three parties in the seats allotted to the PMK exceeded the vote share of 50% in 13 constituencies. Of the remaining 10 constituencies, four constituencies saw the alliance’s vote share varying from 45% to 49%; five saw 40% to 45% and only one, Neyveli, under 40%.