Tamil Nadu urban local body election results Highlights:
A lady and her son, a woman and her husband are among the winners in the just concluded urban civic polls in Tamil Nadu, the results for which was declared on Tuesday. In Madurai district’s Sozhavandhan Town Panchayat, Ma Vallimayil and her son Ma Maruthupandiyan won from ward 13 and 8 respectively. Both were independents. In Alanganallur Town Panchayat in the same district, DMK nominees, G L Renuka Easwari and her husband Ra Govindaraj won from ward 4 and 5 respectively.
In Kanchipuram’s Kundrathur municipality, Banu Sathiyamurthy and her husband Ko Sathiyamurthy won from wards 17 and 18 on DMK tickets. Similar wins of nominees from the same family were witnessed in other regions as well.
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The ruling party DMK has won 946 wards in corporations, 2,360 in municipalities and 4,388 in town panchayats. A significant aspect of the poll result is the DMK wresting the western region from arch rival AIADMK. The main opposition AIADMK came a distant second winning over 2,000 ward member posts, while the BJP which fought the polls alone, won 22 seats in municipal corporations, 56 in municipalities and 230 in town panchayats. Among the DMK allies, the Congress won 73 corporation seats, 151 municipal wards and 368 town panchayat seats. Similarly, other allies including the Left parties, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, the Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi and Indiya Jananayaga Katchi have also won, pushing the DMK front’s tally beyond the two-thirds mark. Out of the 200 wards in the Greater Chennai Corporation, DMK won 153 seats, while the AIADMK secured 15 seats and Congress won in 13 wards.
Expressing concern over the 'unabated' instances of arrest of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy and attacks on the fishers, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday demanded the Centre's immediate intervention in ensuring a permanent solution to the issue by engaging with Colombo.
Stalin told Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar that four fishermen from Nagapattinam district in the state on February 17 "were intercepted by a group of unidentified Sri Lankan nationals around 3 pm, while they were 8 nautical miles away from the Kodiyakarai coast."
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"In this attack, they were robbed of their GPS, fish catch, fuel and two mobile phones," he said in a letter to the Union minister. He also referred to the arrest of six Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy last week. (PTI)
While the ruling party’s victory in the local body polls isn’t a first for Tamil Nadu, the magnitude of the DMK’s landslide win in the urban body polls held on Sunday has taken all political parties by surprise.
While a final picture is yet to emerge – indirect polls are yet to be held to elect mayors and council heads – in all likelihood, the DMK is set to rule all the 21 city corporations, not less than 128 of the 138 municipalities, and at least 400 of the 489 town panchayats.
While the DMK walked away with a vote share of around 60 per cent, ally Congress too put up a decent show, bagging 4.6 per cent of the votes. Arun Janardhanan writes
Tamil Nadu reported 618 fresh cases of Covid-19 and four virus-related fatalities on Wednesday. The State currently has 10,782 active cases.
Meanwhile, as many as 2,153 persons recovered from the viral infection in the last 24 hours that ended on Wednesday evening.
A 108-foot high idol of Lord Hanuman, the third in the series of 'Char Dham' (four abodes or pilgrimage sites) in the country, will be installed here by Shree Harish Chander Nanda Education and Charitable Trust.
The foundation stone-laying ceremony for the idol was held here on Wednesday. The two other idols are in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. There are plans to identify a site for the fourth idol.
The construction of the idol in stone will start from March and is expected to be completed in two years. (PTI)
The Madras High Court on Wednesday held that the elections conducted to the South Indian Artistes Association (SIAA) are valid.
A division bench of Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Mohammed Shaffiq, which upheld the elections conducted on June 23, 2019 as valid, directed the authorities concerned to take up the counting process.
Though the judges said that the counting and declaration of the results should be made in four weeks, they restrained the authorities from declaring the results for three weeks. (PTI)
The Madras High Court has upheld a corrigendum issued by the Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Corporation for supply of foot-wear for school children worth several hundred crores of rupees for the year 2022-23.
Justice Anita Sumath upheld the corrigendum issued by the Corporation recently, while dismissing a batch of writ petitions from Lehar Foot Wears Limited in Jaipur, Rajasthan and four others.
The corrigendum stipulated an additional condition to the effect that the supplier/tenderer should have supplied the foot wears to any government or board or local body or University. (PTI)
The Madras High Court on Wednesday rejected a PIL plea for a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to introduce the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) pattern of education for State Board schools also.
The first bench of Chief Justice M N Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy rejected the plea, while dismissing a writ petition from J A Joseph, who claimed himself as the founder-president of J J Party, not yet registered by the Election Commission of India.
He prayed for a direction to the State educational authorities to adopt the NCERT syllabus from elementary to higher secondary in all government and government aided schools to enhance the education to meet all central and other state governments entrance, qualifying and employment exams, based on his representations. (PTI)
After his party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) drew a blank in the urban local body polls in Tamil Nadu, actor Kamal Haasan on Tuesday claimed that the defeat was only a micro failure.
“I thank all the candidates who honestly faced the elections. You should think that you have won in your ward and continue doing welfare activities. We came to politics to serve the people. Your work should make people regret that they didn’t vote for you,” he told his party workers. Read more
The Tamil Nadu urban civic polls turned out to be a huge opportunity for the ruling DMK to consolidate its position, and emerge stronger and larger in the political landscape, diminishing the arch rival AIADMK's image further. This year's polls not only saw AIADMK's fortunes ebb dismally, after enjoying power for a decade, but also saw the BJP expand its presence.
The DMK's spectacular win in the February 19 polls, the results of which were announced on February 22, is attributed largely to Chief Minister M K Stalin's governance during the nine months in office.
“The DMK's resounding win is an endorsement of the Chief Minister M K Stalin's welfare politics and the way he governed the state. He has become a model chief minister and popular too, among the chief ministers in the country,” asserted A Saravanan, DMK spokesperson. (PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday showered praise on Indian chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, who recently made headlines after registering wins against world No.1 Magnus Carlsen and fellow Grandmasters Andrey Esipenko and Alexandra Kosteniuk.
The Prime Minister extended his best wishes to Praggnanandhaa via a tweet posted on his official handle.
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu registered a landslide victory in the urban local body elections, winning all 21 city corporations in the state. Hardly a year since they came to power, urban local body poll results mean a lot for the DMK and its allies, including Congress, Left, Dalit and minority parties.
DMK victory
The party won all 21 city corporations in the state, including Chennai. In Chennai city corporation, the party won 153 seats against AIADMK’s 15 seats in the 200-member city urban council. Even the DMK ally Congress managed 13 seats while others such as CPI(M) (4) and Dalit party VCK (4), too, have ensured an impressive presence. Read this explainer by Arun Janardhanan.
Although the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) secured a landslide victory by capturing all the 21 corporations and grabbing the lion’s share of seats in the municipalities and town panchayats, the BJP sprung a surprise with one of its candidates winning in a ward of the Chennai Corporation. The results of the state urban local body polls, held on February 19 across the state, were declared Tuesday.
Uma Anandhan (66), who contested from ward 134 in the West Mambalam area of the Kodambakkam zone, defeated the Congress candidate by a margin of more than 2,000 votes. Uma had earlier embroiled in a controversy when four years ago she had said in an interview that she is a supporter of Nathuram Godse. The video was shared widely on social media with many condemning her for her remarks. Read more
AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam said the party has bagged great victories following such poll defeats. 'Dharma' would win eventually and evidencing it, a democratic opportunity shall ensure that people's true state of mind, aspirations are reflected, he added.
"On that day, people's power will win. AIADMK will win again as per people's wishes. This will happen for sure," Panneerselvam said in a statement.
Tamil Nadu recorded 671 coronavirus cases and eight deaths on Tuesday. The cases breached the 500-mark, but there was a decline in fresh infections. The total infected so far is 34,46,388 and the fatalities were 37,989. After treatment, 2,375 got discharged today, and the cumulative recoveries were 33,96,078. The total active cases, including isolation, further declined to 12,321 from 14,033 on Monday, a bulletin here said.
Two from Jharkhand and as many from West Bengal added to the 671 new cases, the bulletin said. Chennai which did not record any fatality since the last couple of days reported one death and took the fatalities till date to 9,057. Cases declined further to 169 today from 191 cases on Monday. The metro's net recoveries, including today's 438, mounted to 7,37,691. The active cases dropped to 2,423 from 2,690 a day ago. Chennai's positive cases remain at 7,49,171. (PTI)
The Tamil Nadu BJP, which fought the polls alone, won 22 seats in municipal corporations, 56 in municipalities and 230 in town panchayats.
A lady and her son, a woman and her husband are among the winners in the just concluded urban civic polls in Tamil Nadu, the results for which was declared on Tuesday. In Madurai district’s Sozhavandhan Town Panchayat, Ma Vallimayil and her son Ma Maruthupandiyan won from ward 13 and 8 respectively. Both were independents.
In Alanganallur Town Panchayat in the same district, DMK nominees, G L Renuka Easwari and her husband Ra Govindaraj won from ward 4 and 5 respectively. In Kanchipuram’s Kundrathur municipality, Banu Sathiyamurthy and her husband Ko Sathiyamurthy won from wards 17 and 18 on DMK tickets. Similar wins of nominees from the same family were witnessed in other regions as well.
A transwoman, Ra Ganga won on a DMK ticket from ward 38 of Vellore Municipal Corporation. A woman college student, E Sa Kowsiki won from ward 17 of Nagercoil Corporation and a member of top Tamil actor Vijay’s fans association, Ja Mohammed Parvez won as an independent from Pudukottai Municipality’s ward 4. Read more
DMK MP A Raja on Tuesday night called the recently concluded Tamil Nadu urban local body elections in which DMK had a landslide victory, a "Hattrick victory for DMK."
DMK has breached the absolute majority mark in 100-ward Coimbatore Corporation, bagging 51 wards. According to a report by The Hindu, the party will have its mayor in the city corporation for the first time.
In Tambaram corporation, which comes under the Chengalpet district, of the total 70 wards, the DMK managed to secure victory in 50 wards, while the AIADMK won nine and eight wards were won by other candidates. The Congress party won two wards and the CPI(M) one.
Of the 48 wards in Avadi corporation in the Tiruvallur district, 35 were won by the DMK, four by the AIADMK and five by other candidates. The Congress party won three wards while the CPI(M) emerged victorious in one ward. Read more
As the DMK completely swept the Tamil Nadu urban local body elections, the ruling party continued its victory march in the Chennai corporation, as well as in the newly-formed corporations such as Tambaram and Avadi.
In Greater Chennai Corporation, there are 200 wards under 15 zones. Of the total wards, the DMK won 153 while the AIADMK managed to grab 15. The DMK’s allies Indian National Congress (13), CPI(M) (4), CPI(1) VCK (4), MDMK (2), and IUML (1) also managed to win significantly. Five Independent candidates also emerged victorious while the BJP and the AMMK won one seat each. Read more
Parts of Chennai will face a power shutdown from 9 am to 2 pm, with supply expected to resume before 2 pm if the work is completed.
Poonamallee area: J.J. Nagar, Kumaran Nagar, Leelavathy Nagar, Earikari Road, Avadi Main Road, Part of byepass Road, VST, Parivakkam Signal KOVOOR Srinivasa nagar, Moogambigai nagar, Madha nagar, Sai nagar, Babu garden, Kollachery all streets THIRUVERKADU Kaduvetty, Veeraragavapurm, Avadi main road, Arunachalam nagar THIRUMUDIVAKKAM Sambandham nagar, Devagi nagar, Metha nagar, Vazudhalambedu village and above surrounding areas.
KK Nagar area: Sivalingapuram, Kalinga colony, Panneer Selvam salai, Part of KK nagar, Rani Anna nagar, ASHOK NAGAR AREA Kamarajar salai, Sarvamangala colony, Dr. Natesansalai, Ottagapalayam 1 st to 13 th street VADAPALANI AREA South Sivan Koil street, Saidapet road, Sannathi street WEST MAMBALAM AREA Moorthy street, Rukmani street and above surrounding areas. Read more
The DMK led by Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday registered a thumping victory in the urban local body elections, winning all 21 city corporations and 128 out of the 138 municipalities in Tamil Nadu. The party also won 400 out of 489 town panchayats.
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Here's the final list of candidates who won in the urban local body elections in Chennai Corporation.
DMK has breached the absolute majority mark in 100-ward Coimbatore Corporation, bagging 51 wards. According to a report by The Hindu, the party will have its mayor in the city corporation for the first time.
The DMK has for the first time taken over the Edappadi municipality, the home constituency of former Chief Minister and AIADMK co-ordinator Edappadi Palaniswami in the Salem district. DMK is headed for a landslide victory in the urban local body elections.
Meanwhile, Palaniswami thanked everyone who voted for the party and said that AIADMK will continue to work for the people no matter how many hardships may come.
'The victory in the urban local body election is a certificate of appreciation by the people of Tamil Nadu for the Dravidian model of governance provided by the DMK government in the past nine months. I am not feeling arrongant by these victories, I feel more responsible. I will work to secure the trust that people have placed in me,'
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin paying tributes to Tamil Nadu former Chief Minister and DMK President late Kalaignar Karunanidhi at his memorial in Marina.
He also pays a floral tribute to the portariat of Karunanidhi.
Chennai Corporation results update
The DMK alliance has won 45 of the total 60 wards in Vellore. AIADMK has won in 7 wards.
A lady and her son, a woman and her husband are among the winners in the just concluded urban civic polls in Tamil Nadu, the results for which was declared on Tuesday. In Madurai district's Sozhavandhan Town Panchayat, Ma Vallimayil and her son Ma Maruthupandiyan won from ward 13 and 8 respectively. Both were independents.
In Alanganallur Town Panchayat in the same district, DMK nominees, G L Renuka Easwari and her husband Ra Govindaraj won from ward 4 and 5 respectively. In Kanchipuram's Kundrathur municipality, Banu Sathiyamurthy and her husband Ko Sathiyamurthy won from wards 17 and 18 on DMK tickets. Similar wins of nominees from the same family were witnessed in other regions as well.
A transwoman, Ra Ganga won on a DMK ticket from ward 38 of Vellore Municipal Corporation. A woman college student, E Sa Kowsiki won from ward 17 of Nagercoil Corporation and a member of top Tamil actor Vijay's fans association, Ja Mohammed Parvez won as an independent from Pudukottai Municipality's ward 4. (PTI)
DMK has captured the Nellai Corporation and Ambai, Kalakkadu and Vikramasinghapuram Municipalities in Nellai District. DMK has won in 152 wards out of a total of 273 wards in 17 municipalities.
Out of the total 200 wards in Chennai Corporation, results have been announced in 187 wards: DMK wins 143, ADMK- 15, Congress- 11, Independent- 5, CPI (M)- 4, VCK - 3, MDMK- 2, CPI- 1, BJP - 1, IUML - 1, AMMK - 1.
49-year-old transgender candidate Ganga has won the 37th Ward of Vellore municipality by contesting on behalf of the DMK.
Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body Polls | From a total of 200 wards, results announced in 164 wards: DMK wins 128, ADMK- 15, Congress- 9, Independent- 4, CPI- 1, CPI (M)- 2, MDMK- 2, BJP - 1
Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday thanked the people of Tamil Nadu as the DMK-led alliance was headed for a landslide victory in the urban local body elections. DMK workers celebrated the victory across the state by bursting fire crackers, distributing sweets and hailing the party chief's leadership.
DMK independently won the Greater Chennai Corporation with 104 ward councillors as counting for 131 wards of the total 200 wards were completed at 4 pm on Tuesday. AIADMK has won 12 seats while INC won 7. Three Independent candidates also have secured victory. CPI (M) and MSMK have won 2 each while CPI has won 1.
From a total of 200 wards, results announced in 124 wards: DMK wins 97, ADMK- 12, Congress- 7, Independent- 3, CPI- 1, CPI (M)- 2, MDMK- 2
The BJP has opened its account in Chennai Corporation by winning ward 134.
The DMK alliance won in 31 wards of Thiruvannamalai municipality while AIADMK won in 6 wards.
The DMK alliance has won in all the 15 wards in Chennai's Rayapuram zone.
Tamil Nadu’s ruling party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) appears to be heading towards a landslide victory in the urban local body polls held in the state after a gap of ten years. According to early trends, the DMK is leading even in the Kongu belt which is considered to be an AIADMK fortress.
As counting progressed on Tuesday, the ruling party was leading in all 21 corporations at 3 pm. Data from the State Election Commission indicates that in corporations, the DMK has won 227 seats, while the AIADMK has won 39, the Indian National Congress 22, CPI(M) six and the CPI two, even as the BJP secured one seat. A total of 33 seats have been won by other candidates. Read More
The DMK has won in all the seven municipalities in Karur district.
In Chennai Corporation, of the total 200 wards, results have been announced for 131. DMK has won 104, AIADMK 12, INC 7. Three Independent candidates have secured victory. CPI (M) and MDMK have won 2 each while CPI has won 1.
With the ruling party leading the urban local body polls, workers have come out to celebrate. Take a look.
In the elections held to the urban local bodies of Thoothukudi Corporation, the DMK won in 50 out of 60 wards.
Of the total 200 wards, results have been announced for 104. DMK has won 81, AIADMK 11, INC 5.
The DMK has claimed victory in over 59 wards in Chennai, according to the latest data on Tamil Nadu’s State Election Commission (TNSEC) website. Over 77 wards have declared the results out of the 200 wards in Chennai. Out of this, the DMK-led alliance has won 67 wards, AIADMK in 7 wards.
The DMK is leading in Coimbatore, the stronghold of the AIADMK. The DMK alliance has won in 40 of the total 100 wards. AIADMK has won in 2 wards.
DMK has won the Madurai Corporation. DMK won in 51 out of 100 wards while AIADMK won in 10 wards.
The DMK has claimed victory in over 59 wards in Chennai, according to the latest data on Tamil Nadu's State Election Commission (TNSEC) website. Over 77 wards have declared the results out of the 200 wards in Chennai.
The DMK alliance won the Krishnagiri municipality, with DMK winning 22 wards, and Congress 1 ward. AIADMK won 5 wards, and BJP won 1 ward.
Here are some pictures from the DMK office in Chennai. With the ruling party leading the urban local body polls, workers have come out to celebrate. Take a look (Express Photo by Gokul Subramaniam)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is currently leading in 128 municipalities.
Here are some pictures from the DMK office in Chennai. With the ruling party leading the urban local body polls, workers have come out to celebrate. Take a look (PTI Photos)
The DMK has maintained its lead in Trichy corporation by winning 17 seats so far. The Congress has won 3 seats, MDMK 2, ADMK 1 and AMMK 1. In Kulithalai municipality and six town panchayats in Karur district – Uppidamangalam, Old Jayankonda Chozhapuram, Marudhur, Aravakurichi, Nangavaram and Krishnarayapuram, the DMK has emerged as a winner.
Impartial action was taken in respect of incidents related to the just concluded urban civic polls in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Monday. Slamming AIADMK leader and former state minister D Jayakumar for taking "law into his own hands" and ‘humiliating’ a DMK office-bearer here by ‘removing’ his shirt on the day of polls, Stalin said the DMK would face the matter legally and asserted that the "law will take its own course."
Stalin’s remark on Jayakumar was condemnable, senior AIADMK leader K Palaniswami said, while asserting that the former minister only handed over to police a man who attempted to cast a ‘false vote’ in north Chennai and asked if the Chief Minister considered it wrong. Read more
For the first time, the DMK-led alliance swept Virudhunagar municipality after winning 28 out of 36 wards. DMK won 20 wards, while Congress won 8. AIADMK won 3 seats.