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Tamil Nadu election results: Celebrations have begun at the DMK headquarters
New Delhi:
The opposition DMK-Congress alliance is heading for a big win in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly. The DMK and its allies are leading in 140-plus seats. The ruling AIADMK – which started the day with a lead on 95 seats — is now leading in 80-plus seats. The majority mark stands at 118. The DMK has not been in power in the state for a decade, and this time the party and the AIADMK are contesting without their towering leaders, J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi whose deaths have brought a huge change in the political landscape.
MK Stalin is leading from Kolathur, his son Udayanidhi Stalin is leading from Chepauk and Kamal Haasan is trailing in Coimbatore south.
Mr Stalin, who is set to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time, thanked the people for voting his party to power and assured them that he would truthfully work for them.
Mr Stalin expressed his ”heartfelt thanks” to all the people of the state for mandating his party to govern Tamil Nadu for the sixth time. Congratulatory messages from several politicians poured in for the DMK chief.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Mr Stalin on his victory.
“Congratulations to Thiru MK Stalin and DMK for the victory in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections. We shall work together for enhancing national progress, fulfilling regional aspirations and defeating the COVID-19 pandemic,” PM Modi tweeted.
Elections 2021 were held in the 234 assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu in a single phase on April 6. The ruling AIADMK contested 191 seats, with 23 given to the PMK and only 20 for the BJP. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) contested 188 and its ally, the Congress, 25, with the rest going to minor allies.
Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam contested 142 seats, with 85 divided between a handful of allies and the AMMK of TTV Dhinakaran, who is the nephew of expelled AIADMK chief Sasikala. The AMMK contested 165 and left 60 to the DMDK, with the rest going to smaller allies.
Nearly 4,000 candidates contested the polls including Chief Minister E Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, DMK President MK Stalin, his son and party youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, AIADMK’s key rival TTV Dhinakaran and Kamal Haasan.
In the 2016 election, the AIADMK won 134 seats, the DMK got 89, and the Congress eight. Though this was AIADMK’s second straight victory, the party lost its chief J Jayalalithaa months after she occupied the chair for the fifth time.
The opposition DMK, which last ruled between 2006 and 2011, now sees a chance to replace the AIADMK in the state where the two parties have ruled every five years in the recent decades.
In Tamil Nadu, there are 75 counting centres spread across the state and all arrangements are in place to smoothly conduct the exercise, authorities said.
Results of Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and Bengal assembly elections will also be declared today.
Here are the Live Updates for results of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2021:
Congratulations to Thiru MK Stalin and DMK for the victory in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections. We shall work together for enhancing national progress, fulfilling regional aspirations and defeating the COVID-19 pandemic: PM Modi congratulats MK Stalin
Congratulations to Thiru @mkstalin and @arivalayam for the victory in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections. We shall work together for enhancing national progress, fulfilling regional aspirations and defeating the COVID-19 pandemic.
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 2, 2021
“Congratulations to Shri MK Stalin for the victory. People of Tamil Nadu have voted for change and we will, under your leadership, prove to be a confident step in that direction. Best wishes,” Rahul Gandhi congratulated MK Stalin.
Congratulations to Shri MK Stalin for the victory.
People of Tamil Nadu have voted for change and we will, under your leadership, prove to be a confident step in that direction.
Best wishes.
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 2, 2021
DMK president M K Stalin, who is set to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time, on Sunday thanked the people for voting his party to power and assured them that he would truthfully work for them.
Mr Stalin expressed his ”heartfelt thanks” to all the people of the state for mandating his party to govern Tamil Nadu for the sixth time.
According to the Election Commission data at 6.30 pm, DMK was leading in 122 segments of the total 234 in the state and won two seats, which is inclusive of its allies who fought on the party’s rising sun symbol.
The AIADMK was leading in 74 and won two seats. DMK’s allies Congress was leading in 17, the CPI and CPI(M) two each and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi three.
In the past, the DMK had been the ruling party five times, during 2006-11, 1996-2001, 1989-91, 1971-76 and 1967- 71.
The people have given their massive support realising that their well-being would be protected if DMK was voted to power, he said in a statement.
The victory was a commendation for over 50 years of his party’s committed work for the people and state. Also, it was in recognition of everyday hardwork of partymen to fulfill
the dream of bringing the party to power, he said.
Though they worked to get on to the saddle of power during the lifetime of party patriarch ”Kalaignar” (late M Karunanidhi) it did not happen, but they continued to chase that dream.
“I will be truthful to you, I will work for you, my thoughts and deeds would be for the people of this state,” he said. He thanked his party workers, cadres and leaders of alliance parties and all those who greeted him.
Tamil Nadu election results: Case filed in Chennai for bursting crackers, Inspector suspended
One FIR has been filed in Tenyampet police station in T-Nagar district, Greater Chennai against cadres of a political party who had burst crackers near their party headquarters. The inspector of Teynampet PS has been placed under suspension for dereliction of duty, news agency ANI quotes Election Commission
I congratulate Mamata Banerjee on her re-election as Chief Minister of West Bengal. At a time of COVID-19 wave, I have no doubt that Didi will ensure safety of citizens and lead her state to growth and prosperity. On behalf of DMK, I wish Didi another successful tenure: MK Stalin tweeted.
I congratulate @MamataOfficial on her re-election as Chief Minister of West Bengal.
At a time of COVID-19 wave, I have no doubt that Didi will ensure safety of citizens and lead her state to growth and prosperity.
On behalf of DMK, I wish Didi another successful tenure.
– M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 2, 2021
On behalf of DMK, I congratulate Comrade Pinarayi Vijayan for leading his party to victory in the Kerala State Elections. His measured and decisive leadership has been instrumental in helping Kerala achieve great heights and I wish him another very successful tenure: MK Stalin tweeted.
Congratulations @mkstalin on bringing DMK back to power after a decade. My friend, and your father, M Karunanidhi would be very proud of you. I am sure you will take the Dravidian legacy to greater heights by serving the people of #TamilNadu with absolute dedication.
– H D Devegowda (@H_D_Devegowda) May 2, 2021
“Thank you Tejashwi Yadav for your wishes. I will strive to usher in progressive measures and also empower the backward and downtrodden,” MK Stalin responded to Tejashwi Yadav’s congratulatory message.
Thank you @yadavtejashwi for your wishes.
I will strive to usher in progressive measures and also empower the backward and downtrodden. https://t.co/13kpTRdZhc
– M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 2, 2021
“My heartfelt thanks to the hearts of everyone in Tamil Nadu who have ordered the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to rule for the sixth time,” MK Stalin says, tweets DMK.
“Ours would be an inclusive government. I would protect this as a reward for our 50-year work. I regard this as a recognition of our work,” MK Stalin said.
“திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழகம் ஆறாவது முறையாக ஆட்சி செலுத்தக் கட்டளையிட்டுள்ள தமிழ்நாட்டு மக்கள் ஒவ்வொருவரின் இதயங்களுக்கும் எனது நெஞ்சார்ந்த நன்றி”
– கழக தலைவர் @mkstalin அவர்கள் அறிக்கை.
Link: https://t.co/fl42c9g9hA#DMK#MKStalin#DMKwinsTNpic.twitter.com/SOhtyRo0Gk
– DMK (@arivalayam) May 2, 2021
Good wishes and congratulations MK Stalin on your success in the Assembly election in Tamil Nadu. Wishing you and DMK a good tenure in the service of the people.
Good wishes and congratulations @mkstalin on your success in the Assembly election in Tamil Nadu. Wishing you and @arivalayam a good tenure in the service of the people.
திரு. @mkstalin அவர்களுக்கும் திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழகத்திற்கும் மனமார்ந்த வாழ்த்துக்கள்– Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) May 2, 2021
68-year-old MK Stalin contested as the chief ministerial candidate for the first time during these polls. He was elected unopposed as the DMK chief in August 2018, after the death of his father, a post that his father M Karunanidhi held for 49 years. That didn’t come as a surprise to anyone, as during his lifetime, M Karunanidhi, on multiple occasions made his preference for his successor abundantly clear and systematically groomed him for the job.
These Assembly polls were seen as a real test of MK Stalin’s leadership, despite DMK registering a sweeping victory on 38 out of 39 seats in 2019 parliamentary elections under his guidance. However, that win was hugely credited to an anti-AIADMK-BJP wave following J Jayalalithaa’s death in 2016.
However, during his early political career, MK Stalin was not considered a serious politician. Things changed when he was jailed for six months during Emergency under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA).
At the rally in Perambalur on April 2, challenging his rivals and asserting his might, DMK chief had said, “This Stalin has faced Maintenance of Internal Security Act…. emergency. They think they can scare us with the raids, this may happen with AIADMK but this will not happen with DMK. You should not forget that people will reply to your act on April 6.”
Mr Stalin holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the Presidency College in Chennai. He is credited for forming the youth wing of DMK and headed it for more than four decades. He became the first directly elected mayor of Chennai from 1996 to 2001. He was also elected legislator from the Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai in 1989, 1996, 2001 and 2006. In 2011, he was elected to the Assembly from the Kolathur constituency in Chennai.
He served as the Local Administration and Rural Development Minister in his father Karunanidhi’s Cabinet from 2006 to 2011. He also held the charge of Deputy Chief Minister from 2009-2011. In 2016 he again won the Assembly election from the Kolathur constituency and held the charge of the leader of opposition in the Tamil Nadu assembly.
(ANI)
Heartiest congratulations to MK Stalin on his resounding victory heading towards comfortable majority in the assembly elections of Tamil Nadu, Loktantrik Janata Dal chief Sharad Yadav tweeted.
Heartiest congratulations to @mkstalin on his resounding victory heading towards comfortable majority in the assembly elections of Tamilnadu.
– SHARAD YADAV (@SharadYadavMP) May 2, 2021
Congratulations to DMK leader, Thiru MK Stalin on his party’s victory in Tamil Nadu assembly elections. I extend my best wishes to him, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted.
Congratulations to DMK leader, Thiru @mkstalin on his party’s victory in Tamil Nadu assembly elections. I extend my best wishes to him.
– Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) May 2, 2021
MK Stalin, Udhayanidhi Stalin hold a brick with AIIMS on it, possibly for the Covid crisis, in a photo shared by Udhayanidhi Stalin.
Congratulations to MK Stalin ji and the dedicated DMK & alliance workers for this resounding victory. TN people are desperately waiting for progressive pro-people policies under your able leadership: Tejashwi Yadav
Congratulations to @mkstalin ji and the dedicated DMK & alliance workers for this resounding victory. TN people are desperately waiting for progressive pro-people policies under your able leadership.
– Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) May 2, 2021
“Avoid victory celebrations”: DMK chief MK Stalin to party workers as DMK leads 119 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, as per Election Commission trends.
“Warmest congratulations to MK Stalin ji for leading the DMK & allies to victory in Tamil Nadu. The people of Tamil Nadu will benefit greatly from your leadership over the next five years,” Omar Abdullah tweeted.
Warmest congratulations to @mkstalin ji for leading the DMK & allies to victory in Tamil Nadu. The people of Tamil Nadu will benefit greatly from your leadership over the next five years.
– Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 2, 2021
Tamil Nadu Election Results Live Updates: Election Commission on slow counting
Counting has not slowed down, due to heavy load the server has slowed down. Counting is continuing in the constituencies without any let-up: Election Commission of India
“I am happy that we could help Didi and MK Stalin, and now that I-PAC is on a firm footing, I will leave it to the team and colleagues, and maybe I will go now to Assam and do some tea gardening. I am very serious that I am quitting and there is absolutely no doubt about it,” Election Strategist Prashant Kishor on DMK, TMC wins and quitting the space.
#NDTVExclusive | “Happy to have helped ‘Didi’ and MK Stalin”: @PrashantKishor, Poll Strategist#ElectionResultspic.twitter.com/7MXSum6IhA
– NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulated MK Stalin on his victory
Many congratulations to @mkstalin on a resounding victory in the Tamil Nadu assembly polls. I wish him a successful tenure and the very best in fulfilling the aspirations of people of Tamil Nadu.
– Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 2, 2021
A new chapter in DMK history set to start says MK Stalin. He asked DMK agents to carefully monitor counting, to not leave the centres till victory certificate is obtained. Mr Stalin has also appealed to cadre to avoid bursting crackers adding that let’s protect ourselves and protect the country.
“Those in charge at the counting centers should be vigilantly monitored. Do not come out until the full vote count is over. Contact the leadership if there is a delay in issuing the certificate of success,” Mr Stalin tweeted in Tamil.
வாக்கு எண்ணும் மையங்களில் உள்ள பொறுப்பாளர்கள் விழிப்புணர்வுடன் கண்காணிக்க வேண்டும்.
முழு வாக்கு எண்ணிக்கை முடியும் வரை வெளியே வரக்கூடாது.
வெற்றிச் சான்றிதழை வழங்க காலதாமதம் செய்தால் தலைமையைத் தொடர்பு கொள்ளவும். #Covid19 காரணமாக வெற்றிக் கொண்டாட்டத்தைத் தவிர்க்கவும். pic.twitter.com/Lp9Lb8LkNp
– M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 2, 2021
A key pointer in the trends available so far is that the AIADMK continued as a force to be reckoned with despite the burden of a 10-year anti-incumbency.
Various exit polls had predicted a landslide for the DMK and together with its allies, upto a maximum of 200 seats.
In the DMK front, the Congress is leading in 12 segments, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi in three, and the two Left parties together in four seats.
AIADMK’s allies the PMK and BJP are ahead in 10 and four segments resepectively.
Top two AIADMK leaders, Chief Minister K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam are leading in their respective home segments of Edappadi (Salem district)
and Bodinayakanur (Theni).
Leader of opposition and DMK president M K Stalin was ahead in Kolathur constituency here and his son and party youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin in Chepauk-Triplicane segment.
In Coimbatore South, the fight is neck and neck between Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan and Congress party’s Mayura Jayakumar while BJP”s Vanathi Srinivasan is in third
spot currently.
The fortunes of Haasan and Jayakumar kept swinging as votes were taken up for counting from various areas and the MNM chief is leading by a thin margin of 534 votes at the end of the third round.
The counting exercise is estimated to be completed after anywhere between a minimum of 13 and a maximum of 43 rounds -depending upon votes polled in each segment- in each of the 234 Assembly segments.
DMK’s key leaders M R K Panneerselvam (Kurinjipadi) and Duraimurugan (Katpadi) were trailing, while AIADMK’s expelled leader and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam chief TTV
Dhinakaran was behind his rival, AIADMK leader and Minister Kadambur C Raju in Kovilpatti.
Ministers leading as of now include S P Velumani, C Vijayabaskar and Udumalaipettai K Radhakrishnan. Ministers including D Jayakumar, K Pandiarajan, P Benjamin, K T Rajendthra Bhalaji, Vellamandi N Natarajan and C V Shanmugam were trailing.
The cadres are simply jubilant. Our leader’s advice to the cadres is that let them celebrate from their homes as Election Commission is taking serious note of any violation. We are a responsible political party: TKS Elangovan, DMK, in Chennai
NCP chief Sharad Pawar congratulated MK Stalin on his predicted win in tweet.
Congratulations @mkstalin on your win, a truly well deserved victory! Wishing you the best to serve people who have instilled their faith in you!
– Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) May 2, 2021
With the counting of votes underway, the Election Commission Sunday said it has taken a stern view of reports of congregation of people to celebrate anticipated victory, and has asked the chief secretaries concerned to file an FIR in each case and suspend the police station in charge where such gatherings happen.
Responding to queries about reports of celebratory gatherings by supporters of political parties, an EC spokesperson said the poll panel has taken a serious note of some reports of congregations of people to celebrate anticipated victory.
“The ECI has directed CS (chief secretaries) of all five states to file FIR in each such case, suspend the SHO of the concerned police station and report action taken immediately of each such incidence,” the spokesperson said.
The EC had recently banned victory processions on the counting day to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The counting of votes for the assembly polls in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union Territory of Puducherry is underway at a time the country is grappling with a raging Covid-19 pandemic.
The counting process began at 8 am.
(PTI)
Tamil Nadu Poll Results: Who is leading, who is trailing
AIADMK’s V Ramu leading from Katpadi, DMK’s Durai Murugan trailing.
The Election Commission has taken serious note of some reports coming in of congregation(s) of people to celebrate anticipated victory. ECI has directed all five states to file FIR in each such case, suspend SHO of the police stations and report action taken immediately of each such incidence.
Election Commission of India writes to Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs to “prohibit victory celebrations urgently”. ECI also directs that responsible SHOs and other officers must be suspended immediately and criminal and disciplinary actions must be initiated against them pic.twitter.com/4aEydSH42P
– ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2021
Tamil Nadu elections: AIADMK’s Apsara Reddy on alliance with the BJP
“It was a very sensible decision for us to align with the BJP because an alliance for our govt with that of the Centre made sense to us. We have been tough with the central leadership and stood our ground whenever we had to. We communicated clearly about our stand and put forward our concerns whenever needed.”
Tamil Nadu election results today: What experts say
EK Palaniswami’s political stature has definitely grown in Tamil Nadu. But AIADMK has been in power for 10 years. At the same time, MK Stalin’s stature has also grown. – N Ram, senior journalist
“This has been an unprecedented election because of the pandemic. We are watching closely and frankly expected to perform better than what we are seeing so far. We hope the numbers rise further as counting of votes continue. Though we have the overall lead at the moment, we were hoping to do much better.
The people saw this election as a choice between the BJP and BJP-controlled alliances and that of the DMK, which stands to oppose the BJP and its ideology. We have been working hard for last few years to ensure that we stand against the BJP and its partners.”
Tamil Nadu election results today: What political analysts say
Firstly, congratulations to the DMK, their moment under the sun has arrived. But that being said, the vote in Tamil Nadu is neither for the DMK, nor against the AIADMK. See, in 2016, the ADMK fought under Jayalalithaa’s leadership and Amma DMK, but this time the AIADMK is contesting in an alliance with BJP and others and has even shared seats in the agreement. And that is what has not worked for them. If we notice the leads, we will see that the number of seats that the AIADMK is down is exactly the same as the number of seats they have allocated to their alliance partners.– Kasthuri, actor and political analyst
#AssemblyElections2021 | Trends at 12:45 AM: TMC is all set to sweep Bengal, BJP to retain Assam, LDF to retain Kerala and MK Stalin-led DMK is set form the government in Tamil Nadu pic.twitter.com/hwBYm6kxur
– NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
#WATCH | DMK supporters continue to celebrate outside party headquarters in Chennai as official trends show the party leading on 118 seats so far.
Election Commission of India has banned any victory procession amid the #COVID19 situation in the country.#TamilNaduElections2021pic.twitter.com/z6Fp5YRnKP
– ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2021
#ElectionResults | “I spoke to over 200 women, they said that they would have never voted for anybody other than AIADMK. They are forced to vote for MNM and others as they do not want to vote for BJP”: Kasthuri, actor and political analyst#TamilNaduElectionspic.twitter.com/bqUSDNIoUj
– NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
#TamilNaduElections2021 | DMK workers and supporters celebrate outside Anna Arivalayam, the party headquarters in Chennai, as official trends show the party leading.
NDTV’s Sam Daniel reports pic.twitter.com/G7yboxqGJm
– NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
Senior AIADMK leader C Sreenivasan leads while AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran trails.
Senior AIADMK leader C Sreenivasan leads while AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran trails #TamilNaduElections2021pic.twitter.com/zodMBJK4PO
– NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
Despite a ban on victory processions imposed by the Election Commission (EC) in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the country, DMK workers and supporters were seen celebrating in large numbers outside Anna Arivalayam, the party headquarters here, as official trends show the party leading.
In the wake of inconceivable gush in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Election Commission had earlier banned all victory processions on or after the day of the counting of votes.
The order copy by the Election Commission read, “In view of the surge in COVID 19 cases throughout the country, the Commission has decided to make more stringent provision to be followed during the process of Counting, in addition to exiting Broad Guidelines dated 21st August, 2020 and has directed that no victory procession after the counting on 2.5.2021 shall be permissible.”
It further stated that not more than two persons shall be allowed to accompany the winning candidate or his/her authorised representative to receive the certificate of election from the Returning Officer concerned.
(ANI)
Celebrations outside DMK headquarters as party leads in Tamil Nadu polls.
#WATCH | DMK workers and supporters celebrate outside Anna Arivalayam, the party headquarters in Chennai, as official trends show the party leading.#TamilNaduElections2021pic.twitter.com/61tbcETHYk
– ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2021
DMK’s Udhayanidhi Stalin leading from Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency.
Mr Haasan who reached the counting Centre at GCT college campus today, is leading against Congress candidate Mayura Jayakumar.
Actor-turned-Politician Kamal Haasan arrives in Coimbatore. He is leading in Coimbatore South. #TamilNaduElections2021#ElectionResultspic.twitter.com/AeDvOp2vOA
– NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
DMK posters at the party headquarters say it would be SUNday everyday.
The symbol for the party is the rising sun.
Top AIADMK leaders, Chief Minister K Palaniswami was comforably leading in his home segment of Edappadi in Salem district, while Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam is
trailing his main rival, DMK’s Thanga Tamilselvan, a former party colleague, by a thin margin.
Leader of opposition and DMK president M K Stalin was ahead in Kolathur constituency here and his son and party youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin continued to be ahead in Chepauk-Triplicane segment.
In Coimbatore South, the fight is neck and neck between Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan and Congress party’s Mayura Jayakumar while BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan is in third
spot currently.
The fortunes of Mr Haasan and Mr Jayakumar kept swinging as votes were taken up for counting from various areas and currently, Mr Haasan is leading.
DMK’s key leaders M R K Panneerselvam (Kurinjipadi) and Duraimurugan (Katpadi) were trailing, while AIADM”s expelled leader and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam chief TTV Dhinakaran was behind his rival, AIADMK leader and Minister Kadambur C Raju in Kovilpatti.
Ministers leading as of now are S P Velumani, Sellur Raju, M C Sampath, M R Vijayabaskar, C Vijayabaskar and Udumalaipettai K Radhakrishnan.
Ministers including D Jayakumar, K Pandiarajan, P Benjamin, K T Rajendthra Bhalaji, Vellamandi N Natarajan and C V Shanmugam were trailing.
(PTI)
MK Stalin had said that the victory will be celebrated from home due to the Covid situation in the country, and we will perhaps hold a oath taking ceremony keeping that in mind. The final decision will be taken by MK Stain after the final result be be declared. We should be able to form the government within a week or so, since there is a formal procedure which is followed. First all the MLAs will get their winning certificates, then the incumbents will resign, then the Governor will call the largest party to form the government, and after that we will do the needful.
Who will be Deputy Chief Minister or hold other ministries in the cabinet is something that the party high command will decide. I cannot discuss cabinet decisions at the moment.
We are happy with the trends so far and are confident of a big win.”
Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan leading from Coimbatore (South) constituency.
Congress leading in Kanyakumari.
Official trends for by-election to Parliamentary constituency |
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party leading in Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
BJP leading in Belgaum (Karnataka)
Indian Union Muslim League leading in Malappuram (Kerala)
Congress leading in Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)– ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2021
BREAKING: DMK has crossed the halfway-mark in Tamil Nadu, taking the lead in 122 seats, as counting of votes for the assembly elections 2021 began today along with four states that went to polls this year. AIADMK is trailing in 95 seats.
#ElectionResultpic.twitter.com/JjTxqguLbc
– NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
Will Definitely “Retain Power” In Tamil Nadu: AIADMK Leader Apsara ReddyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader Apsara Reddy says she is confident that her party will retain power in Tamil Nadu, as counting of votes for the assembly election began today. She said it was a very sensible decision for the AIADMK to align with the BJP for the elections.
DMK candidate from Chepauk assembly constituency, Udhayanidhi Stalin arrives at Queen Mary’s College in Chennai where counting of votes for Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls is underway.
DMK leading in 107 seats, AIADMK at 86.
Actor-turned-Politician Kamal Haasan arrives in Coimbatore. He is leading in Coimbatore South.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami is leading in Edappadi, while DMK Chief MK Stalin is trailing in Kolathur. Actor-turned-Politician Kamal Haasan leading in Coimbatore South.
#TamilNaduElections2021 | Tamil Nadu CM is leading in Edappadi, while DMK Chief MK Stalin is trailing in Kolathur. Actor-turned-Politician Kamal Haasan leading in Coimbatore South
LIVE: https://t.co/0CnuNeicvcpic.twitter.com/Wb0ADmemRO
– NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
Indications show that the DMK was ahead in constituencies including Kurinjipadi, Neyveli, Virudhachalam. BJP’s state unit chief L Murugan was ahead in Dharapuram and AIADMK leaders and state Ministers K C Veeramani and Benjamin were ahead in Jolarpet and Maduravoyal.
(PTI)
DMK takes the lead in 74 seats, AIADMK at 59, AMMK ahead in two seats, MNM in one.
DMK has the edge over AIADMK with 65 leads.
DMK is leading in 32 seats, AIADMK in 30, AMMK in 1 in Tamil Nadu at 9am.
Counting agents were allowed through specified pathways into counting halls after verifying if they have complied with norms like RT-PCR tests and two doses of COVID-19 vaccination.
Sunday being a complete lockdown in Tamil Nadu to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, the roads were deserted and over one lakh police personnel have been deployed as part of security measures for the vote counting day.
Early leads show DMK leading with 17 seats in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK at 11.
With exit polls predicting a landslide victory for the DMK which was in opposition for 10 years, the outcome is crucial for the ruling AIADMK as well, which dismissed the prediction and expressed confidence that it would retain power for the second time in a row.
The AIADMK captured power in 2011 from DMK and retained power in 2016.
MK Stalin-led DMK leading in Tamil Nadu, ahead in five seats.
Counting began at 8 am in 75 counting centres spread across Tamil Nadu with authorities taking up a count of postal ballots first, authorities said.
The votes recorded in EVMs would be taken up by 8.30 am and it is also set to be tallied as per rules with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).
(PTI)
There will be 2,364 counting halls as compared to 1,002 halls in 2016 in 822 assembly constituencies, (which includes the other states apart from Tamil Nadu) a more than 200 per cent increase, in view of the COVID guidelines, according to the Election Commission which had drawn flak from the courts over the conduct of polls during the pandemic.
At least 15 rounds of sanitisation will be carried out at each polling centre, besides social distancing and other precautions, including a ban on gatherings, will be strictly followed, officials said.
They said counting of votes will continue late into the night. As many as 1,100 counting observers will watch the process and candidates and agents will have to produce a negative COVID test report or double dose of vaccination certificate to get an entry.
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