Tamil Nadu politics is set to see a custody battle of sorts. With the AIADMK and the BJP formalising their divorce – at least till the announcement of the 2024 general elections – which side.
How Tamil Nadu voted in 28 charts: DMK won a clean victory but AIADMK remained competitive adversary
The BJP was a liability to the AIADMK-led alliance. 4 hours ago A DMK supporter holds up a portrait of party leader MK Stalin as the Tamil Nadu election results were announced on May 2. | Arun Sankar/AFP
The Tamil Nadu election did not throw a surprising result, as the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was largely expected to win against the beleaguered and divided All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam . The DMK commanded over a larger alliance of parties, had a comparatively smoother transition of power after the death in 2018 of its historical leader, M Karunanidhi, and led a disciplined campaign that mixed regional and national themes.
Counting of votes in TN and Puducherry to begin at 8 a.m.
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Chennai: Polling officials busy counting votes cast during 2019 Lok Sabha polls, at a counting centre, in Chennai, on May 23, 2019. . Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, May 2 : Counting of votes polled in the April 6 Tamil Nadu assembly election will begin at 8 a.m on Sunday.
A total of 3,998 candidates are fighting it out to enter the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly.
As per the Election Commission of India, 72.81 per cent of the 6.29 crore voters have cast their votes in the poll.
Apart from the Assembly election results, the bypoll results for the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency will also be known on Sunday.
A total of 3,998 candidates are fighting it out to enter the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly. As per the Election Commission of India, 72.81 per cent of the 6.29 crore voters have cast their votes in the poll. Apart from the Assembly election results, the bypoll results for the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency will also be known on Sunday. The bypoll was fought mainly between former Union Minister and BJP s Pon Radhakrishnan and Congress candidate Vijay Vasanth, son of late MP H. Vasanth Kumar. The assembly poll results will be crucial for the ruling AIADMK government led by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami and the principal opposition party DMK led by M.K. Stalin.
Sunday counting to decide fate of candidates in TN, Puducherry
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Patna: Counting of votes polled in the three-phase Bihar Assembly elections, underway at AN College vote counting center in Patna on Nov 10, 2020. . Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, May 1 : The electoral fate of 3,998 candidates who fought in the April 6 Tamil Nadu assembly polls will be known on Sunday, the May 2.
While it will be the celebration day for the 234-successful candidates and also for the winning political party/combination, one can also hear Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! cries from some others.
As per the Election Commission of India, 72.81 per cent of the 6.29 crore voters have cast their votes in the poll.