TN election results: Actor Srinath registers first win for Vijay’s TVK

CHENNAI: TVK candidate in Tuticorin constituency A Srinath, who is a film actor, became the first candidate to register a win for the party. Srinath won by a margin of more than 20,000 votes.TVK has been leading in 109 constituencies and is on its way towards single largest majority (118 seats are required for forming majority).Srinath was a close ally of actor and TVK president Vijay. He was leading from the beginning. Srinath had social welfare minister Geetha Jeevan and former AIADMK minister S T Chellapandian pitted against him.TVK president Vijay and his key associates such as party general secretary N Anand, deputy general secretary Aadhav Arjun, spokesperson A Rajmohan and others were leading in Chennai.In DMK, chief minister M K Stalin was still trailing by around 7,000 votes at the end of 14 rounds. Chennai, which was considered a DMK fort, has been breached by TVK as Vijay's party is leading in 14 out of 16 constituencies. It is trailing in Chepauk-Triplicane where the deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin is leading and in Harbour constituency where HR and CE minister P K Sekarbabu is leading.