Poll analysis: DMK benefitted from anti-incumbency
ongress brought substantial gains for DMK-led Front; BJP was a liability for the AIADMK; Kamal Haasan was defeated by a BJP woman candidate; Sasikala protégé vanquished; Khushboo loses too.
By M A Siraj| Published: 5th May 2021 3:02 pm IST M.K. Stalin
Tamil Nadu has witnessed the return of the DMK to the saddle of power after a hiatus of ten years. The party while bagging 133 seats (out of total 234) has ensured victory of Congress candidates on 18 seats. The two communist parties CPI and the CPM which won two seats each and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi with its four seats have taken the DMK-led front’s tally to 159. That DMK was set to capture power at the St. Fort George had become evident during the 2019 Lok Sabha election itself when the DMK alliance made a clean sweep of 38 of the 39 seats from the State. However, AIADMK which performed poorly then seems to have recovered a lot of lost ground as the party won
Made lotus bloom in Tamil Nadu amid detractors, says State BJP President L Murugan
Having grown from nil seats in 2016 to four in 2021 is a significant leap for the saffron party. Photo: Twitter/@Murugan TNBJP
Updated: May 3, 2021, 04:59 PM IST
The 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections has brought an end to a 15 year (three election) streak, during which the Bharatiya Janata Party didn’t win a single Assembly constituency in the state. Of course, the BJP did not contest on its own and it did so as a part of the AIADMK-led NDA, but the fact remains that the saffron party’s candidates won by contesting on their lotus symbol. Having grown from nil seats in 2016 to four in 2021 is a significant leap for the saffron party. It must be also be remembered that BJP State President came a close second in Dharapuram, missing out by a little over 1,300 votes.
Tamil Nadu BJP President L Murugan says that he fulfilled the resolve of lotus bloom in the state
/Tamil Nadu BJP President L Murugan says that he fulfilled the resolve of lotus bloom in the state
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New Delhi: The 15-year (three elections) streak ended in the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, during which the Bharatiya Janata Party did not win a single assembly constituency in the state.
The BJP did not contest on its own and did so as part of the AIADMK-led NDA, but the fact remains that the saffron party candidates won by contesting on their Lotus symbol.
May 03, 2021, 18:33 PM IST
New Delhi: The 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections has brought an end to a 15year (three election) streak, during which the Bharatiya Janata Party didn’t win a single Assembly constituency in the state.
The BJP did not contest on its own and it did so as a part of the AIADMK-led NDA, but the fact remains that the saffron party’s candidates won by contesting on their Lotus symbol.
Having grown from nil seats in 2016 to four in 2021 is a significant leap for the saffron party. It must also be remembered that the BJP State President came a close second in Dharapuram, missing out by a little over 1300 votes.
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