The RK Nagar constituency, the seat which was held by the late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, went to polls on Thursday. It was contested by E Madhusudhanan for the ruling AIADMK party, Marudhu Ganesh for the DMK and rebel TTV Dinakaran, who contested as an Independent. Counting of votes will be held on December 24. A day ahead of the polls, the Election Commission had prevented dissemination of a video purportedly showing former chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa in Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, where she was undergoing treatment. The video was released by an MLA from the Dinakaran faction, P Vetrivel, who claimed it was shot by Sasikala Natarajan. On eve of election, Election Commission stops telecast of Jayalalithaa hospital video
