Edappadi K Palaniswami has continued his winning streak in the Edappadi assembly segment marking a hat-trick victory. Palaniswami retained his seat with one of the highest victory margins that the state saw in this election, but one of the lowest for EPS compared to his winning margins in 2016 and 2011 elections. He had polled 1,63,154 votes while his opponent of DMK candidate T Sampath Kumar was polled 69,352, accounting for a margin of 93,802 votes. Right from the counting of postal votes began, EPS was way ahead of Sampath Kumar. His margin only grew with every passing round. However, EPS stay put at his house throughout the day. Palaniswami did not visit the counting centre and chose not to entertain any visitors at his house at Nedunchalai Nagar near Suramangalam in Salem city since morning.