DMK retains Vikravandi seat in TN bypoll
Counting of votes began at 8 am and postal ballots were taken up first.
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Vikravandi: Counting of votes underway for Vikravandi Assembly by-poll, Tamil Nadu, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI07_13_2024_000026B)The ruling DMK emerged victorious in the bypoll to the Vikravandi Assembly seat by a margin of 67,757 votes and NDA constituent Pattali Makkal Katchi ended up runner-up with 56,296 votes.
The bypoll was necessitated due to death of DMK legislator N Pugazhenthi in April this year.
All through vote-counting exercise Saturday, DMK’s Anniyur Siva alias A Sivashanmugam was in the lead position and the margin between him and his nearest rival, PMK nominee C Anbumani widened round after round. When counting was completed, the EC declared Anniyur Siva has secured 1,24,053 votes and Nam Tamilar Katchi nominee K Abinaya secured 10,602 votes and became the distant-third. PMK’s C Anbumani got 56,296 votes.
By retaining the Vikravandi seat, the ruling DMK has continued to maintain its winning streak in the state since the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Party chief and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin said, “BJP must realise that without respecting regional sentiments it cannot run the government and the party.”
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