Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021: AIADMK Requests Polls After Mid-April The announcement for the Assembly elections is expected early next year PTI 21 December 2020 PTI outlookindia.com 2020-12-21T20:14:31+05:30 Also read The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday requested the Election Commission to conduct the assembly polls in the third or fourth week of April 2021, as the poll body held consultative meetings here with political parties. The principal opposition DMK and other parties pitched for single-phase polling. The EC team, led by Umesh Sinha, secretary-general of the ECI, are on a two-day visit to the metro to review the state's preparedness to hold the polls next year, as the five-year term of the assembly is set to come to an end on May 24.