Vijaykanth and Chiranjeevi proved spoilers.

This is one aspect of the elections that I predicted correctly.

As expected Vijaykanth certainly played a spoiler which lead to the DMK led front's huge victory in the LS elections.

Although his party couldn't bag any seats itself they have gained considerably in many a constituencies and infact Vijaykanth's vote share has increased to 10%, a 2.5% increase from the previous assembly elections in the state.

And in the case of Andhra though his tall claims of being voted to power were made to bite dust Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam party has not done badly either winning 18 seats in a 294 membered assembly. However his 16% share of the votes could not win his party a single MP seat although they came in second at 3 places. But then he made sure he ate into the vote share of the TDP particularly in the coastal districts of AP which helped the Congress reign into power bigtime.

Now they are both two forces to reckon with in their respective states.