Elections 2016

Jaya claims victory; thanks TN people for giving mandate

And depending on which way the wind blows, it could either be Jayalalithaa retaining power or Karunanidhi taking over.

TNIE online desk

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LATEST UPDATES:

7:29 PM - DMK candidate I. P. Senthilkumar beats his opponent AIADMK candidate P.Kumarasamy at the margin of 25586 votes.

7:20 PM - A mammoth victory for AIADMK in Tirupur district. Here's a breakdown of what transpired between AIADMK and DMK.

Palladam – ADMK A Natarajan (111866) defeats S Krishna Moorthy of DMK (79692). MDMK K Muthurathinam(14841), BJP S Thangaraj (13127). NOTA 3904

Tirupur South – S Gunasekaran of ADMK (73351) defeats K Selvaraj of DMK (57418), Sittinng MLA K Thangavel of CPM ()13597 . NOTA - 2445

Tirupur North – KN Vijeyakumar of ADMK defeats MP Swaminathan (3 tym MLA, DMK state youth wing secy, Ex state minister) of  DMK(68943), M Subramanian of CPI (20062). NOTA -3447

Dharapuram  reserved – VS kalimuthu of Congress (82401) defeats sitting MLA of ADMK K Ponnusamy (73308) NOTA 2752

Udumalaipettai – K Radhakrishnan of ADMK (81817) defeats Mu.Ka.Muthu of DMK (76130). NOTA 3306

Avinashi reserved – (Assembly speaker) P Dhanapal of ADMK (93366) defeats E Anandhan of DMK (62692) NOTA 3534

Kangayam – ADMK Candidate U Thaniyarasu (TNKIP) (83325) defeats Congress candidate P Gopi (70190), NKG Muthuvenkateswaran  of DMDK (12108). NOTA – 3141

Madathukulam – R Jayaramakrishnan (76619) of DMK defeats K Manokaran of ADMK (74952). Nota - 2147

7:18 PM - Talk about small margin, DMK strong man and former MLA M Appavu lost the election by a mere 49 votes in Radhapuram constituency.

7:17 PM - Former speaker S Avudaiappan lost the election in Ambasamudram constituency.

7:08 PM - For the MDMK of Vaiko, this assembly poll was no different as the party continued with its dismal show at the hustings. READ MORE

7:00 PM - Cumbum: STK.Jakkaian of AIADMK defeats his rival candidate N Rawmarshnan of DMK in a margin of 7176 votes.

6:43 PM - Vanur: AIADMK candidate M Chakrabani won by 10223 votes. VCK general secretary Ravikumar lost and got fourth place.

6:12 PM - A significant loss for DMK as Perambalur and Ariyalur districts that are under A.Raja's control in DMK lost all the four seats.

5:41 PM - DMK candidate Subramani wins in Dharmapuri constituency by 6,940 votes.

5:16 PM - Finally AIADMK Candidate defeated Congress candidate by 450 votes in Karur constituency.

5:12 PM - Palladam: AIADMK A Natarajan defeats DMK candidate S Krishna Moorthy by 32174 votes.

5:07 PM - Here's a more detailed scorecard on Vijaykanth's defeat in Ulundurpet constituency: AIADMK - R Kumaraguru - 81973, DMK - G R Vasanthavel - 77809, DMDK - T Vijayakanth - 34447, PMK - K Balu - 20233, RESULT: Ulundurpet, AIADMK, R Kumaraguru, won by 4164 votes.

An infogram of TN's seat share as of now

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