Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) and Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) seem to have played a role in AIADMK candidates winning in six of the 10 Assembly constituencies, as the votes the two parties’ candidates had g
Coimbatore: Though the DMK has lost the western region to AIADMK and its allies in the 2021 state assembly election, it has managed to narrow down the margin of victory in some constituencies when compared with the 2016 assembly election results.
Of the 10 constituencies in the district, the DMK has lost to AIADMK with a margin of a few thousand votes in three to four segments.
While DMK lost with the lowest margin of 1,095 votes in the Kinathukadavu assembly segment in this election, it has lost with the highest margin of 41,630 votes in the Thondamuthur assembly constituency.
In the Kinathukadavu assembly election, AIADMK candidate and former minister S Damodaran secured 1,01,537 votes and his opponent Kurichi Prabhakaran from DMK polled 1,00,442 votes. The victory margin is 1,095 votes. In 2016, AIADMK candidate A Shanmugam secured 89,042 votes and defeated DMK candidate Prabhakaran by just 1,332 votes only.
‘Step up security at counting centre’
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AAA Candidates from the DMK and allied parties petitioned District Election Officer and Collector S. Nagarajan on Saturday to step up the security arrangements at the counting centre in Government College of Technology.
N. Karthik from Singanallur Assembly constituency, R. Krishnan aka Paiya Gounder from Kavundampalayam, Mayura S. Jayakumar from Coimbatore South, T.R. Shanmugasundaram from Mettupalayam, Kurichi Prabhakaran from Kinathukadavu and M. Kalaisamy aka Premier Selvam from Sulur constituency submitted the petition at the District Collectorate.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Karthik alleged that the north and south gates of GCT do not have adequate security checks, which could lead to outsiders entering the premises. The CCTV cameras near the strong rooms turn off now and then, he claimed, demanding a UPS connection for the cameras to ensure uninterrupted power supply. The officials at the control r
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