Outgoing chief minister and AIADMK co-coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami and party coordinator O Panneerselvam.
CHENNAI/SALEM: A day after the Tamil Nadu assembly poll results, divisions within the vanquished AIADMK came to the fore on Monday. There were hectic parleys and some muscle flexing over who would be the leader of the opposition outgoing chief minister and AIADMK co-coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami or party coordinator O Panneerselvam.
The DMK alliance including the Congress, the MDMK, the VCK, the CPI and the CPM had won 159 seats, while the party on its own won 133 seats.
The AIADMK won 66 seats. Its alliance, which included the BJP and the PMK, won 75 seats. On Monday, hours after EPS resigned as CM following his party’s defeat, the AIADMK issued a statement convening a meeting of its elected representatives on May 7. DMK president and CM-designate M K Stalin is scheduled to be assume office on the same day. The AIADMK’s release, signed by OPS and EPS, did n
TN Assembly polls | Less than 10% voting percentage during first two hours in southern districts
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Bypoll was also conducted in one Lok Sabha constituency in Kanniyakumari.
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Voters being checked by thermal scanner before voting at Kariyapatti in Virudhunagar district, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy
Bypoll was also conducted in one Lok Sabha constituency in Kanniyakumari.
Voting percentage in the first two hours was reported at less than 10% in the 10 southern districts of Tamil Nadu, where 58 Assembly constituencies went to the polls on Tuesday. Bypoll was also conducted in one Lok Sabha constituency in Kanniyakumari.
Tamil Nadu Assembly elections | Polling begins on brisk note in Tiruchi, Karur
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Voters queue up early to beat heat, crowds
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First time women voters after casting their votes in Kulithalai, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
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Voters queue up early to beat heat, crowds
was witnessed at several polling stations in Tiruchi and neighbouring districts in the central region on Tuesday.
Voters queued up at several polling stations early in the morning to avoid the severe heat and crowds.
Standard safety protocols were in place in view of the pandemic, with voters being provided a glove each as they entered the booths.
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Tamil Nadu was marching ahead in all sectors thanks to good governance provided by the government, says the PMK youth wing leader
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PMK youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss with his family members after casting his vote at a polling booth in Tindivanam. in Villupuram district on Tuesday | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar
Tamil Nadu was marching ahead in all sectors thanks to good governance provided by the government, says the PMK youth wing leader
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMT) youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss and Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) on Tuesday have exuded confidence that the AIADMK-led alliance will win big in the Assembly elections in the State.
Smooth polling underway in Tamil Nadu amid tight security
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Chief Electoral Officer, Satyabrata Sahoo after voting at a polling station here told reporters that polling exercise was smooth across Tamil Nadu barring one or two places that witnessed issues related to the Electronic Voting Machines and these were attended immediately.
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Polling is underway in Tamil Nadu with top leaders including AIADMK s O Panneerselvam, DMK chief M K Stalin and celebrities like Rajinikanth exercising their franchise early on Tuesday.
Chief Electoral Officer, Satyabrata Sahoo after voting at a polling station here told reporters that polling exercise was smooth across Tamil Nadu barring one or two places that witnessed issues related to the Electronic Voting Machines and these were attended immediately.