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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.
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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.
DMK complains of malpractice in vote counting in Viralimalai
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DMK President and son of late M. Karunanidhi, MK Stalin Nominations on Monday 15th March, 2021. (Photo: R Parthibhan/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, May 2 : The DMK, which seems set to come to power in Tamil Nadu, on Sunday requested the Election Commission to replace the Returning Officer of the Viralimalai Assembly constituency for malpractice and count the votes as per law.
In its complaint, the DMK said around 4,000 votes polled in favour of the party candidate Palaniappan were counted in favour of AIADMK candidate and Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar, who was shown to be leading with about 3,000 votes.
DMK cadre complain about abandoned tag
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The DMK’s Pudukottai district unit on Wednesday complained to District Election Officer P. Uma Maheswari that a paper tag with signatures of booth agents and a polling official was found abandoned.
The unit suspects that the tag got detached from electronic voting machines (EVMs) brought from the Viralimalai Assembly constituency. The party has expressed apprehension that one of the machines may have been replaced.
The paper tag was noticed by DMK cadre after EVMs of the six Assembly constituencies were kept inside strong rooms at the counting centre in the morning, in the presence of the Collector, administration officials and representatives of parties.