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Health Minister and sitting AIADMK candidate C. Vijayabaskar was re-elected for the third consecutive time from the Viralimalai Assembly constituency with the official declaration of his victory coming on Monday morning.
The prolonged delay in announcement of Mr. Vijaybasker’s victory was due to stoppage of counting thrice on Sunday, leading to anxiety and tension.
At the end of the final round of counting, Mr. Vijayabaskar won comfortably defeating his nearest DMK rival M. Palaniappan by a margin of 23,598 votes. Mr. Vijayabaskar polled 1,02,179 votes against 78,581 votes by Mr. Palaniappan. There were in all 22 candidates in the electoral fray in the constituency.
In a keenly fought electoral battle, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led front emerged victorious in two out of six assembly constituencies. While the DMK retained the Alangudi assembly constituen
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