Express News Service
PUDUKKOTTAI: The Viralimalai assembly constituency, which saw an emotional campaign between Health Minister C Vijayabaskar of the AIADMK and DMK's M Palaniappan witnessed an equally dramatic counting day, which stretched well into the next day, due to allegations of EVM tampering.
Victory finally came for Vijayabaskar on Monday, 26 hours after counting began on Sunday.
This is the former Health Minister's third consecutive win from the constituency and highest victory margin so far. Vijayabaskar secured 1,02,179 votes and defeated DMK's M Palaniappan by 23,598 votes.
This is the third time the two men have clashed and was expected to be Palaniappan's last chance at a win.