SIVAGANGAFrom the beginning of the election campaign, the DMK and its allies were sure about emerging victorious in the district for two reasons.One, there was anger in the AIADMK as the high command
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Polling in Ramanathapuram district, which was dull in the first two hours with just 5.50% votes having been polled, ended with 69.24% voters having cast their votes at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, District Election Officer and Collector Dinesh Ponraj Oliver said.
Mercury level was high across the district, which has four – Ramanathapuram, Paramakudi, Tiruvadanai and Mudukalathur – Assembly constituencies, that many senior citizens remained indoors. Differently abled persons complained of non-availability of wheelchairs. In some polling stations, police personnel helped differently abled persons reach the booths.
At 7 p.m., Ramanathapuram recorded a polling percentage of 67.51, Paramakudi 70.51, Tiruvadanai 68.72 and Mudukalathur 70.35 officials said.
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DMK gives ticket to its Ramanathapuram district secretary
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The DMK has given the ticket for Ramanathapuram Assembly constituency to its district secretary Kadarbasha Muthuramalingam. He has been associated with the party since the 1990s. He was the union chairman four times.
The Paramakudi (Res) constituency has been given to S. Murugesan, 54. A businessman, manufacturing bricks, he was also a district panchayat council member.
R. S. Raja Kannappan is the DMK s candidate for Mudukalathur Assembly segment. A long-time public figure, he was a powerful functionary in the AIADMK, where he had been Minister for Public Works Department, Electricity and Highways. In 2006, he joined the DMK and was elected to the Assembly from Ilayankudi. He contested in the Lok Sabha elections from Sivaganga constituency in 2009.