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RK Nagar bypoll results: Dhinakaran wins, bags over 72,000 votes
Dinakaran, who contested as an Independent candidate for RJ Nagar bypoll, got 72,518 votes.
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TTV Dhinakaran wins RK Nagar bypoll, crosses magic 72,000 votes
Official EC trends: TTV Dhinakaran continues to lead with 68392 votes at the end of counting round 14
AIADMK's E. Madhusudhanan: 36217 votes
DMK's N. Marudhu Ganesh: 18924
BJP's Karu Nagarajan: 1126Latest counting trends:
TTV Dhinakaran: 64627
AIADMK: 33446
DMK: 15918Dhinakaran headed for big win, claims I am the real successor of Jayalalithaa
Latest counting trends:
- TTV Dinakaran (Independent): 44,094
- E Madhusudhanan (AIADMK): 19,525
- N Maruthu Ganesh (DMK): 10,292
- Others: 6,490
After eight rounds of counting, Dhinakaran recieves over 44,000 votes.
"I am an independent candidate for namesake but all Party (AIADMK) workers are with me. I also have Amma's wishes," says Dhinakaran.
Official EC trends after Round 6 of counting
TTV Dhinakaran: 29255 votes
AIADMK's E. Madhusudhanan: 15181 votes
DMK's N. Marudhu Ganesh: 7986 votes
Dhinakaran leads with massive 29255 votes
Dhinakaran reaches Chennai
Dhinakaran addresses media:
Official EC trends (at the end of counting round 5):
- TTV Dhinakaran leads with 24132 total votes
- AIADMK's E. Madhusudhanan gets 13057 votes
- DMK's N. Marudhu Ganesh gets 6606 votes
At the end of fourth round of counting at RK Nagar bypoll, Dhinakaran leads RK by-election results with 20,298 votes.
AIADMK's E Madhusudanan gets 9,672 votes while DMK's N Maruthu Ganesh gets 5032.After four round of counting,
- Dhinakaran leading with 20,298 votes
- AIADMK's Madhusudhanan gets 9,672 votes
- DMK's Maruthu Ganesh gets 5,091 votes
"During my recent visits to various parts of Tamil Nadu such as Avinashi (Tirupur) and Arumanai (Kanyakumari), people said the pressure cooker (his poll symbol at RK Nagar) will win. They want a change of this regime," he said.
"We are the true AIADMK... People of RK Nagar have elected Amma's successor," says Dhinakaran.
Trends:
TTV Dhinakaran: 15,868 votes
AIADMK's Madhusudhanan: 7,033 votes
DMK's Maruthu Ganesh: 3,750 votes
Once again, Dhinakaran establishes a massive lead in the third round of voting.
The current EPS-OPS government will fall within 3 months, says Dhinakaran while addressing the media
As per official EC trends after two rounds of counting:
TTV Dhinakaran leading with 5082 votes
AIADMK's E. Madhusudhanan gets 1783 votes
DMK's N. Marudhu Ganesh gets 1142 votes
Counting halted again as protesters create a ruckus.
Election result trends
TTV Dinakaran (Independent):10,391
E Madhusudhanan (AIADMK): 4,520
N Maruthu Ganesh (DMK): 2,323
K Nagarajan (BJP): 66
NOTA: 102
Dhinakaran supporters celebrate:
"After Amma, TTV Dhinakaran is the mass leader of Tamil Nadu," say supporters.
Second round of counting going on, 17 rounds of counting left
AIADMK supporters demand the media coverage be stopped immediately and journalists removed from counting centre.
Counting has now resumed.
"Police restored peace, nothing alarming. Compilation of second round going on," says Chennai district Electoral Officer.
Counting halted for nearly 15 minutes after clash between AIADMK and Dhinakaran supporters
Paramilitary forces have been rushed in to control the situation
Second-round of counting halted due to clashes.
Dhinakaran supporters celebrate the early trends
Clashes erupt between AIADMK members and Dhinakaran supporters.
Election Officers attacked
Early Trends
TTV Dinakaran (Independent): 7,276
E Madhusudhanan (AIADMK): 2,737
N Maruthu Ganesh (DMK): 1,181
K Nagarajan (BJP): 66
NOTA: 102Counting halted after war of words breaks out between the agents of Independent candidate TTV Dinakaran and AIADMK.
TTV Dhinakaran takes massive lead.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapadi K Palanisamy, Deputy CM O Panneerselvam pay tributes to late AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran at his Marina Beach memorial
RK Nagar by-poll counting will be conducted in 19 rounds at Queen Mary’s College. One postal vote has also been received.
The counting of votes will take place at the Queen Mary’s College in Chennai
Security arrangements have been beefed up in various parts of Chennai
Counting of vote begins
"Apart from BJP other parties that contested used corrupt practices and distributed money in a big way," said Karu Nagarajan, BJP candidate from RK Nagar, outside a vote counting centre in Chennai.
RK Nagar by-poll counting will begin at 8 am
The RK Nagar polls were scheduled to be held in April 2017 but later cancelled after complaints of large-scale voter bribing by a candidate.
The Dhinakaran camp is facing flak for releasing a video clip of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a hospital bed.
Over 59 candidates are in the fray. However, the by-poll is mainly seen as a fight between the ruling AIADMK, its rival faction led by Dhinakaran and DMK.
CHENNAI: Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV.Dinakaran on Sunday ensured a massive victory over his nearest rival, E.Madhusudhanan of the AIADMK in the by-election for the Radhakrishnan Nagar (RKNagar) constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
Dinakaran, who contested as an Independent, had got 72,518 votes as against Madhusudhanan's 39,029 votes. DMK candidate N Marudhu Ganesh has got 20,493 votes.
While 1,924 voters have voted for `none of the above` (NOTA) option, BJP candidate K.Nagarajan has got 1,185 votes.
From the start, Dinakaran was in the lead and the gap between him and the rivals got widened when the counting progressed.
The by-poll was necessitated following the death of sitting member and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016.