RK Nagar bypolls highlights: In contest for Jayalalithaa’s seat, voting concludes with 77.68 % turnout

RK Nagar bypolls highlights: The election to the seat was necessitated after the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

By: Express Web Desk
New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2017 08:24 PM IST

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Voting underway in Nagaland Lok Sabha seat, 44% turnout in first four hours

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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.