RK NAGAR BY-ELECTIONS 2017 RESULTS LIVE COUNTING UPDATES, LEAD VOTES, WINNING CANDIDATE WITH MAJORITY AMONG TTV DHINAKARAN (AIADM) AND MADHUSUDHAN OF OPS EPS GROUP. THOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER INDEPENDANT CONTESTERS THE MAIN FIGHT WILL BE BETWEEN THE DUO. Chennai Radhakrishna Nagar's seat had been left vacant by the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year. 77 percent voter turnout was recorded in the election that was held on Thursday. this was the highest voter attendance compared to the last five years.
RK NAGAR BY ELECTION RESULT 2017 COUNTING LATEST NEWS
RK NAGAR 2017 LIVE POLLS RESULTS, COUNTING, MAJORITY VOTES WINNER
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TTV DINAKARAN (INDEPENDENT)~ 89,013
E MADHUSUDHANAN (AIADMK)~ 48,306
N MARUTHU GANESH (DMK)~ 24,681
E MADHUSUDHANAN (AIADMK)~ 48,306
N MARUTHU GANESH (DMK)~ 24,681
RK Nagar has a total of 2,28,234 voters approx (79.21)
men > 1,10,903 men (75.92 voted)
women > 1,17,232 (79.21% voted)
transgenders > 99 .
During the campaign in RK Nagar, the AIADMK accused Team Sasikala of hiding the facts of Jayalalithaa's illness and death. The beleaguered countered the charges by releasing a video of Jayalalithaa at the hospital to establish that she was alive and recovering. However, the Election Commission ordered TV channels to take the video off air, calling it a violation of the poll code.
Mr Dhinakaran was evicted along with Sasikala following a deal between AIADMK's factions led by Mr Palaniswami and former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as they merged in August. Mr Dhinakaran and Ms Sasikala have challenged that decision and claim to lead the real AIADMK, though their support in the party is dwindling.
RK NAGAR BY POLLS DHINAKARAN VOTES
89,013 votes
Earlier this month, Mr Dhinakaran had lost the AIADMK's two-leaves election symbol to the faction led by the chief minister and his deputy Panneerselvam after the Election Commission recognised them as the "real" party. The sidelined AIADMK leader contested with a pressure cooker as his election symbol.
RK NAGAR BYPOLLS EPS OPS MADHUSUDHAN VOTES
48,306 votes
The by-election was shadowed by allegations of bribing voters with cash and gifts. The Election Commission, however, had refused to postpone the election despite pleas from the opposition DMK.
The by-election was postponed in April this year over allegations that the faction of jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala paid Rs. 89 crore to voters to buy support for its candidate and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran.
RK NAGAR DMK MARUDHU GANESH VOTES
24,681 Votes
Making it a triangular contest, the DMK fielded Marudhu Ganesh, a little-known lawyer but an RK Nagar local who is seen by many as a strong candidate.
While the BJP has fielded a candidate too, the Left parties and the MDMK are supporting the DMK, which wants to win RK Nagar to deliver a big psychological blow to the AIADMK and reinforce its claim that the ruling party has lost popular support after the death of Ms Jayalalithaa only months after she led her party to a big win in the assembly elections last year.
