Actor-turned politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam is leading in 105 constituencies, and DMK has moved to second position, leading in 58 constituencies. AIADMK stands third, leading in 52 constituencies.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK) Dhravidamani M has won the Gudalur seat by a margin of 22833 votes, and Congress candidate Viswanathan has won the Melur seat by a margin of 2724 votes.
TVK is performing surprisingly well in all the constituencies in Chennai. It is leading in at least 14 of the 16 assembly constituencies in the city, barring Chepauk–Triplicane assembly constituency, where Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin is contesting, and Harbour constituency, where PK Sekarbabu is in the fray.
In Kolathur, the constituency in which Chief Minister Stalin is contesting, TVK’s Kolathur candidate VS Babu leads with 52996. Stalin has so far secured 44541 votes. As per EC, Stalin is trailing with 7074 votes.
Meanwhile, in the Perambur assembly constituency, C Joseph Vijay is leading with 29043 votes, while DMK RD Shekar is trailing behind with 18072 votes. In T Nagar, TVK general secretary Bussy N Anand is leading with 20411 votes. DMK's Raja Anbazhagan has secured 14127 votes as of Round 6 counting.
In Chepauk-Triplicane, DMK's Udhayanidhi secured 18777 votes, followed by TVK candidate D Selvam, who got 17007 votes as of round 5 counting. Aadirajaram from AIADMK secured 3972 votes.
In the Harbour constituency, DMK's Sekarbabu secured 18602 votes as of round 6 counting, followed by TVK candidate Sinora PS Ashok, who secured 14950 votes.
In Velachery, TVK Kumar R is leading with 37664 against INC's Aassan Maulaana JMH, who secured 21236 votes and AIADMK's Ashok MK, who secured 21045 votes.
In Royapuram, TVK candidate KV Vijay Damu is leading with 30354, while DMK candidate A Subair Khan is trailing behind with 21327 votes, followed by AIADMK D Jayakumar, who has secured 10103 votes as of the 6th round of counting.
In RK Nagar, TVK candidate N Marie Wilson is leading with 31964 votes. In Egmore, TVK candidate Rajmohan is also leading with a 9587 vote difference against DMK's Tamilan Prasanna. Similarly, TVK also continue to lead at Villivakkam, where Aadhav Arjuna has secured 30103 votes as of the 8th round.
In Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, TVK's MR Pallavi is leading with 41587 votes against DMK's candidate KS Ravichandran, who has secured 27475 votes. Porkodi Armstrong has secured 14834 votes as of Round 10 counting.
The TVK has also made its presence felt in central Tamil Nadu, including Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai, and Mayiladuthurai.
TVK made a strong impact in southern districts, including Madurai, Dindigul, Theni, Virudhunagar, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, and Tenkasi.
TVK candidates were also leading in several constituencies in the delta districts, including Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, and Mayiladuthurai, as well as parts of Salem.
In addition, the TVK made gains in several pockets of Kanyakumari, traditionally a Congress stronghold.
14 DMK ministers are trailing in their respective constituencies even after the third round of counting. Stalin, who is contesting in Kolathur, is trailing by 7074 votes.
DMK General Secretary and senior minister Durai Murugan was also trailing by 2,293 votes at the Katpadi Assembly segment.
Similarly, other ministers, including P Geetha Jeevan (Thoothukkudi), Ma Subramanian (Saidapet), EV Velu (Tiruvanamalai), P K Sekarbabu (Harbour), TM Anbarasan (Alandhur), K N Nehru (Trichy west), Govi Chezhian (Thiruvidaimarudur), Nazar (Avadi), Mathiventhan (Rasipuram), TRB Raja (Manargudi), KKSSR Ramachandran and Thangam Thenarasu in Trichuli were trailing.
As counting progresses into the afternoon, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has extended his lead to 17,766 votes in his home constituency of Edappadi, maintaining his status as the party's most secure candidate.
In the northern belt, Maragatham Vetrivel continues to show strong momentum in Pappireddipatti with a widened margin of 19,692 votes, while C Vijayabaskar in Viralimalai has also seen his lead grow to 9,686 votes.
Other significant cushions for the party include Shanmugam C V in Mailam with 10,898 votes and Mukkur N Subramanian in Cheyyar, who now holds a lead of 10,760 votes.
Despite these strongholds, the party faces intense pressure in several key seats where margins remain dangerously slim.
The tightest contest is currently in Peravurani, where Govi Elango is leading by a mere 274 votes, followed closely by the volatility in Alangulam, where K R P Prabakaran holds a lead of just 425 votes.
In the high-altitude constituency of Yercaud, Usharani P sees her lead precarious at 359 votes, while Vijayasureshbabu in Viluppuram is managing a slim margin of 361 votes.
In the western region, former minister K C Karuppannan is leading by 2,365 votes.
TNCC chief K Selvaperunthagai trailed behind Vijay-led TVK candidate Thennarasu K in the Sriperumbudur (SC) assembly constituency, who established a clear lead since the votes were taken up for counting on Monday morning.
At the end of the ninth round of counting, Thennarasu secured 38,394 votes and thus established a clear lead of 14,086 votes over his nearest rival, Selvaperunthagai.
Like their party chief, the Congress candidates were also way behind the TVK in other constituencies.
In Killiyoor, Congress floor leader in the Assembly, S Rajesh Kumar, is behind TVK's Sabin S by a slender margin of 1,795 votes. Sabin polled 27,623 at the end of the eighth round.
Some of the prominent Congress candidates, including A S Chandrasekaran, Jamal Mohamed Younoos, R M Karumanickam, Tharahai Cuthbert, and Praveen T T, are also trailing in Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvadanai, Colachel, and Vilavancode Assembly constituencies, respectively.
Congress ally, the CPI candidates, K Marimuthu and P Mahalingam, have established a clear lead of 40,566 votes and 15,036 votes respectively in Thiruthuraipoondi and Sriviliputhur constituencies.
The Congress is contesting 27 seats in alliance with the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance.
BJP's prominent candidates, including state chief Nainar Nagenthran, former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Union Minister L Murugan, are trailing behind the DMK and Vijay-led TVK candidates, respectively, in Tamil Nadu on Monday.
Nagenthran, who is contesting from Sattur for the first time after migrating from his home constituency of Tirunelveli, is trailing by 909 votes behind the DMK candidate Kadarkarairaj A.
Union Minister L Murugan is trailing behind TVK's Kamali S in Avanashi reserved constituency by 2,080 votes as per the counting trends, while former Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan is behind TVK's Venkataramanan P by a margin of 9,296 votes in Mylapore constituency in Chennai.
BJP Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan, who has shifted to Coimbatore North from Coimbatore South, which she won in the 2021 Assembly elections, is also lagging behind TVK's V Sampath Kumar by 839 votes.
The party candidates: M R Gandhi, Bhojarajan M, and C Nagesh Kumar are leading in Nagercoil, Udhagamanalam and Thalli constituencies as per the ECI data.
In Vilavancode constituency, Vijayadharani S is behind the Congress candidate Praveen T T by 6,697 votes.
The party is contesting 27 seats in alliance with the AIADMK.
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(With additional inputs from ENS, PTI)
