Erode bypoll: Congress' EVKS Elangovan surges ahead by 18,000 votes
DMK alliance cadres are in a jubilant mood about the progress of the results which indicates that the DMK alliance candidate is expected to win in a big margin in the by-election.
Published: 02nd March 2023 11:59 AM | Last Updated: 02nd March 2023 03:12 PM | A+A A-
Congress leader EVKS Elangovan. (File Photo | EPS)
ERODE: DMK Alliance candidate and former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee leader EVKS Elangovan got 46,072 votes and led by a big margin against the AIADMK candidate at the Erode East by-election results on Thursday.
While AIADMK candidate KS Thennarasu got 16907 votes, Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate Menaka Navaneethan got 4062 votes, and DMDK candidate S Anand got 605 votes at the end of sixth rounds.
The counting of votes was held at Government Engineering College in Chithode in Erode. Returning Officer K Sivakumar presided over the counting of votes. District Election Officer H Krishnanunni inspected it.
DMK alliance cadres are in a jubilant mood about the progress of the results which indicates that the DMK alliance candidate is expected to win in a big margin in the by-election.
The Erode goes for poll after Thirumahan Evera, who was the MLA of this constituency and son of EVKS Elangovan, died on January 4 due to ill health.
As it is the first by-election after the DMK came to power in the state, it has attracted attention across the state.
As for Erode East constituency, there are 1 lakh 10,713 male voters, 1 lakh 16,140 female voters, and 23 third-gender voters, totalling 2 lakh 26,898 voters in this constituency. Out of this, 1 lakh 70,192 people voted. A total of 77 candidates contested in this by-poll.
