DMK Racing Ahead in Tamil Nadu Election Result, A Raja and Kanimozhi Leading in Nilgiris and Thoothukudi; Karthi Chidambaram Leads in Sivagangai
Congress is leading in Trichy district while, interestingly, CPI(M) has picked up leads in Madurai. The AIADMK has so far not opened its account yet.
File photo of DMK president MK Stalin.
Tamil Nadu Election Result 2019: The DMK seems to be racing to a successful run in the Lok Sabha elections, leading in Thoothukudi, Nilgiris, Thiruvallur, Arakonnam and Namakkal. In welcome news for the BJP, the saffron party is leading in Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat, while P Chidambaram’s son Karthi Chidambaram is ahead in Sivagangai. The spotlight on TN’s 39 Lok Sabha seats, the maximum in south India, will today share the spotlight with 22 assembly constituencies where bypoll results will decide the fate of the E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam’s AIADMK government. The election result will also end the question of who the public thinks is capable of carrying the mantle of Dravidian pride following the death of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi.
Follow all the live updates from the Lok Sabha elections results here:
The latest from TN election and bypoll result:
Congress’s Karthi Chidambaram is leading in Sivagangai.
AIADMK’s MSR Rajavarman leads in Sattur by-election
BJP candidate CP Radhakrishnan is leading in Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat.
The Congress is leading in Trichy district while, interestingly, CPI(M) has picked up leads in Madurai. The AIADMK has so far not opened its account yet.
DMK candidate is also leading in the Thiruporur assembly bypoll.
The DMK, which has entered into an alliance with Rahul Gandhi-led Congress, is leading in Thoothukudi, Nilgiris, Thiruvallur, Arakonnam and Namakkal so far.
OPS is at Theni district as his son OP Ravindranath Kumar is the AIADMK candidate from there.
One difference between the elections this year and the previous ones, is the lack of enthusiasm among the party cadre. Unlike previous years, when party workers would throng houses of their party leaders and offices, this time around there is not much hullabaloo.
In 2014, AIDMK and DMK cadre had gathered early morning on election result day outside Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden and Karunanidhi's Gopalapuram residences, respectively, curiously waiting for results.
In 2019, in the absence of the two towering leaders, there is no movement outside Stalin's house or the residences of EPS and OPS.
The survival of the ruling EPS-OPS government depends on the outcome of the by-elections even as exit polls have predicted victory for DMK in both general elections and assembly bypolls.
The DMK with 88 legislators has to win all 22 seats to take its tally, along with Congress (eight) and IUML (one) to 119, that is just one number over the simple majority.
The security personnel in place to ensure counting is smooth includes 1,520 from Central Armed Paramalitary Forces and 36,000 state police and the rest from Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP).
The elections will see over 800 candidates fighting it out in the 38 Lok Sabha seats and another 400 plus candidates in the bypolls.
In the 234 member Tamil Nadu Assembly, the ruling AIADMK has 114 members (including the Speaker), the DMK has 88, the Congress has eight, while IUML and Independents are one each.
To attain a simple majority, the AIADMK has to win just four seats in the by-elections. In order to be comfortable safe, the AIADMK has to win eight or nine assembly seats.
The Congress party's H. Vasanthakumar, representing the Nanguneri assembly constituency, is contesting in the Lok Sabha polls from Kanyakumari constituency and it will be interesting to see which seat he would opt to retain in case he wins the Lok Sabha polls.
The Lok Sabha polls saw four-cornered contests between the two major fronts led by the AIADMK and DMK, respectively, the AMMK floated by Sasikala’s nephew and Independent MLA Dhinakaran and the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) started by actor-politician Kamal Haasan. Both the AMMK and MNM made their electoral debut.
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Follow all the live updates from the Lok Sabha elections results here:
The latest from TN election and bypoll result:
Congress’s Karthi Chidambaram is leading in Sivagangai.
AIADMK’s MSR Rajavarman leads in Sattur by-election
BJP candidate CP Radhakrishnan is leading in Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat.
The Congress is leading in Trichy district while, interestingly, CPI(M) has picked up leads in Madurai. The AIADMK has so far not opened its account yet.
DMK candidate is also leading in the Thiruporur assembly bypoll.
The DMK, which has entered into an alliance with Rahul Gandhi-led Congress, is leading in Thoothukudi, Nilgiris, Thiruvallur, Arakonnam and Namakkal so far.
OPS is at Theni district as his son OP Ravindranath Kumar is the AIADMK candidate from there.
One difference between the elections this year and the previous ones, is the lack of enthusiasm among the party cadre. Unlike previous years, when party workers would throng houses of their party leaders and offices, this time around there is not much hullabaloo.
In 2014, AIDMK and DMK cadre had gathered early morning on election result day outside Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden and Karunanidhi's Gopalapuram residences, respectively, curiously waiting for results.
In 2019, in the absence of the two towering leaders, there is no movement outside Stalin's house or the residences of EPS and OPS.
The survival of the ruling EPS-OPS government depends on the outcome of the by-elections even as exit polls have predicted victory for DMK in both general elections and assembly bypolls.
The DMK with 88 legislators has to win all 22 seats to take its tally, along with Congress (eight) and IUML (one) to 119, that is just one number over the simple majority.
The security personnel in place to ensure counting is smooth includes 1,520 from Central Armed Paramalitary Forces and 36,000 state police and the rest from Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP).
The elections will see over 800 candidates fighting it out in the 38 Lok Sabha seats and another 400 plus candidates in the bypolls.
In the 234 member Tamil Nadu Assembly, the ruling AIADMK has 114 members (including the Speaker), the DMK has 88, the Congress has eight, while IUML and Independents are one each.
To attain a simple majority, the AIADMK has to win just four seats in the by-elections. In order to be comfortable safe, the AIADMK has to win eight or nine assembly seats.
The Congress party's H. Vasanthakumar, representing the Nanguneri assembly constituency, is contesting in the Lok Sabha polls from Kanyakumari constituency and it will be interesting to see which seat he would opt to retain in case he wins the Lok Sabha polls.
The Lok Sabha polls saw four-cornered contests between the two major fronts led by the AIADMK and DMK, respectively, the AMMK floated by Sasikala’s nephew and Independent MLA Dhinakaran and the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) started by actor-politician Kamal Haasan. Both the AMMK and MNM made their electoral debut.
(Get detailed and live results of each and every seat in the Lok Sabha elections and state Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim to know which candidate/party is leading or trailing and to know who has won and who has lost and by what margin. Our one-of-its-kind Election Analytics Centre lets you don a psephologist’s hat and turn into an election expert. Know interesting facts and trivia about the elections and see our informative graphics. Elections = News18)