Chennai: DMK stalwart M K Stalin was unanimously chosen to lead the party at the general council meeting of the organisation held here on Sunday.
The party declared him elected without opposition to the top party position at the freshly convened general council meeting.
Ahead of filing his nomination, Stalin visited the Gopalapuram residence of his father and former president of the DMK M Karunanidhi and paid his respects at his portrait, PTI reported.
He also visited the memorials of Karunanidhi and former Chief Minister Arignar Anna on the Marina and paid floral tributes. Stalin became the president of the DMK on August 28, 2018, after the death of Karunanidhi.