Express News Service CHENNAI: The Pressure Cooker lost its steam, the Torch its battery... Basically, Tamil Nadu voters have left no space for a third alternative to emerge in the State. Now, the future of these smaller parties appears, at best, bleak. Facing a near-washout in this elections, it appears that TTV Dhinakaran is no more in a position to challenge the might of the current AIADMK leadership, which put up a good fight against the DMK. In a sense, the election results were a win-win situation for both Stalin and Palaniswami. While Stalin has proved his mettle by winning the elections, Palaniswami may convince his partymen that the performance was a decent one. But, a lot of small parties have done well. Another aspect of the results was that it adds much diversity to the Assembly house.