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- Erode East Bypoll Result 2023 Live Updates: Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan takes lead in early trends
Erode East Bypoll Result 2023 Live Updates: Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan takes lead in early trends
Erode East bypoll results 2023: Counting of votes for the bypoll held to Erode East Assembly constituency is under way. The vote counting exercise is expected to be completed before 5pm. The postal votes are being counted first. Out of 2.27 lakh voters, 1.70 lakh voters (74.79%) exercised their voting rights on February 27. After the bypoll, the electronic voting machines and VVPATS were brought to IRTT engineering college for counting. Five-tier gunmen protection were given to the strong room. The bypoll, termed by DMK president and chief minister M K Stalin as 'Edai podum therthal,' a byelection to weigh all the good work completed within 22 months after he took over the reins of power, is expected to be a test of the government's popularity and set the mood for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Fare-free travel for women in State-run town buses were among the 85 per cent of 'fulfilled promises' underscored by Stalin in his campaign. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates.Read Less
Erode election result 2023: A total of 77 candidates across political affiliations are vying for the prized assembly constituency
Erode By-election result: Erode East constituency postal votes details:
Congress got 596 votes, AIADMK 171, DMDK 5 whereas NTK secured 2.
Erode East bypoll result: Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan takes lead in early trends
First round: EVKS Elangovan 1033 votes ; Ks Thennarasu: 291; rest all zero.
Erode election result 2023: Congress party candidate EVKS Elangovan got 112 votes while his opponent KS Thennarasu of AIADMK secured 60
Erode Bypoll result: The main opposition AIADMK strained every nerve to take on the ruling party over a string of issues including rise in electricity tariff and DMK regime not getting exemption for the State from NEET to make its electoral mark.
Erode election result 2023: Total postal votes 398
Officials once again recounted the votes for recruitment for reconfirmation.
Erode East bypoll result: Visuals from counting centre
#ErodeEastBypoll Result : Counting of votes under way; visuals from counting centre #TamilNadu https://t.co/poI6a8jjon
— TOIChennai (@TOIChennai) 1677725148000Erode bypoll election result: Postal votes counting commenced
Erode East election result: The votes will be counted in 15 rounds
Erode bypoll result: District election officer and collector H Krishnanunni, returning officer R Sivakumar and other officials reach the counting point.
Erode East election result: Five-tier gunmen protection given to the strong room
Tamil Nadu bypoll result: After the bypoll, the electronic voting machines and VVPATS, brought to IRTT engineering college for counting.
Erode Election Result 2023: Out of 2.27 lakh voters, 1.70 lakh voters (74.79%) exercised their voting rights on February 27.
Erode East bypoll result: The postal votes will be counted first
Erode East bypoll result: Fare-free travel for women in State-run town buses were among the 85 per cent of 'fulfilled promises' underscored by Stalin in his campaign.
Erode Bypoll Result: Bypoll necessitated due to Thirumahan Everaa's death
The election to the Erode East Assembly was necessitated following the passing away of the Congress legislator E. Thirumahan Everaa, son of former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president E V K S Elangovan, who passed away on January 4 due to a sudden illness.
Erode East bypoll result today
All arrangements are in place to count votes on March 2 for the bypoll held to Erode East assembly constituency. The vote counting exercise is set to begin at 8am and expected to be completed before 5pm. District Election Officer and District Collector H Krishnanunni said all arrangements have been made for counting of votes. The bypoll, termed by DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin as 'Edai podum therthal,' a byelection to weigh all the good work completed within 22 months after he took over the reins of power, is expected to be a test of the government's popularity and set the mood for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Tamil Nadu Bypoll Result: Political observers aghast at extent of electoral corruption in runup to bypoll
So brazen were the violations that political observers are aghast at the extent of electoral corruption in the runup to the bypoll. If the 2009 ‘Thirumangalam formula’ (when the DMK was accused of deploying a large number of its senior leaders in the bypoll and bribing voters) became the infamous benchmark for voter bribing in Tamil Nadu, the token system to bribe voters adopted by T T V Dhinakaran in RK Nagar in 2017 took electoral corruption to a new level.
Erode By-election Result 2023: Edappadi K Palaniswami buoyed that he managed to get two leaves symbol
The AIADMK’s Edappadi K Palaniswami is buoyed that he managed to get the two leaves symbol. And the voters of Erode are merry because they hit the jackpot with a seemingly never-ending array of gifts from every party in the race. The only casualty in the bypoll appears to be democratic principles.
Erode East bypoll: The big and fat bypoll buyoff
The Erode East bypoll has turned out to be a win-win-win for all principal stakeholders — the DMK, AIADMK and the people of the Kongu town. The DMK believes the victory of the Congress, its ally in the polls, is a foregone conclusion.
READ MOREErode by-election 2023: 74.79% voter turnout In Erode East bypoll
The byelection for the Erode East assembly constituency recorded a 74. 79% turnout of voters on Monday, the highest since the 2011 assembly elections.Out of 2. 27 lakh voters in the constituency, 82,138 men, 88,037 women and 17 transgenders cast their votes in the incident-free polling. But for minor hiccups, voting for the fiercely fought byelection was peaceful.
