TTV Dhinakaran wins RK Nagar bypoll with a huge margin

Of the total, 1,76,890 counted, Dhinakaran got 89,013 votes to win the Radhakrishnan Nagar (RK Nagar) constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Stay tuned with TOI for live updates.

08:12 (IST) Dec 24

Counting of votes begins

08:09 (IST) Dec 24

There will be a total of 19 rounds of counting today. There are total 14 tables at the counting centre.

07:39 (IST) Dec 24

RK Nagar bypoll: Dhinakaran, Madhusudhanan's fate hang in balance

Counting of votes for the recently held Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar (RK Nagar) bypoll will begin at 8 am on Sunday. Polling was conducted in 258 booths of RK Nagar on December 21. The contest is primarily between the ruling AIADMK's candidate E Madhusudhanan, sidelined AIADMK leader and independent candidate T T V Dhinakaran and the opposition DMK's candidate N Maruthu Ganesh.

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07:28 (IST) Dec 24

Votes from 14 EVMs will be counted in one round. There will be 18 full rounds and one final round where only six EVMs will be counted.

District Election Officer D Karthikeyan

07:16 (IST) Dec 24

RK Nagar by-election: TTV Dhinakaran likely to win, predicts exit poll

The exit poll, which saw participation of 1,071 voters, predicts that Dhinakaran would bag 37% votes. The survey also said that Madhusudhanan and Maruthuganesh are expected to get around 26% and 18% votes.

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07:06 (IST) Dec 24

Counting of votes for the RK Nagar bypoll will begin at 8am. The counting will be done at Queen Mary's College, located near Marina Beach in Chennai.

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07:04 (IST) Dec 24

The run-up to the bypoll saw political parties and candidates holding as many as 152 public meetings and taking out 605 processions with the campaigning ending on December 19.

07:03 (IST) Dec 24

The DMK is putting up a tough fight to wrest the seat after a hiatus of over two decades.

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