Vanathi Srinivasan versus Kamal Haasan.
Cinema star and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan lost the Tamil Nadu assembly elections to BJP national womenâs wing president Vanathi Srinivasan from the Coimbatore South assembly constituency.
Vanathi polled 53,209 votes whereas Hassan bagged 51,481 votes in a neck-to-neck battle whose result was announced late last night.
Mayura Jayakumar, the state working president of the Congress party, had also fought the contest on a DMK ticket. She finished third in the race after 41,426 individuals cast their vote for her.
Hassan had maintained a sizable lead over Vanathi Srinivasan since the counting of the votes began from early Sunday morning onward,
TMC sweeps Bengal assembly polls with 213 seats, BJP fails to cross double digits
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 04:05 PM IST
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The Mamata Banerjee-led party s main challenger, the BJP, bagged 77 seats, while the ISF, which contested with the symbol of the Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party, and an Independent, managed one seat each.
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The Trinamool Congress romped home in West Bengal, pocketing 213 of the 292 assembly seats that went to polls and secured a third straight term in office, according to the final results announced by the Election Commission.
The Mamata Banerjee-led party s main challenger, the BJP, bagged 77 seats, while the ISF, which contested with the symbol of the Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party, and an Independent, managed one seat each.
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The DMK has won 124 seats and is leading in nine segments and its ally Congress has bagged 17 and is ahead in one more seat. Other allies, the CPI and CPI(M) have won two seats each and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi four.
Edappadi K Palaniswami submits his resignation as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, congratulates MK Stalin
AIADMK top leader and outgoing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Monday greeted DMK president M K Stalin who is set to assume office as the next Chief Minister, with the latter acknowledging that the role of opposition was key in democracy.
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Damoh bypoll loss: Madhya Pradesh BJP looks at insiders, conspiracies post defeat
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 03:03 PM IST
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The Damoh bypoll result gives clear indications of future challenges, conspiracies and improvements in the system and workers will find solutions through diligence and without being malicious, Patel, the local Lok Sabha MP, said in a tweet on Monday.
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Union Minister and senior Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Prahlad Patel on Monday hinted at conspiracies on the part of insiders for the party s defeat in the Damoh bypoll, the result of which was declared a day earlier. The Congress Ajay Tandon defeated the BJP s Rahul Lodhi by a margin of 17,097 votes, the bypoll having been necessitated after the latter left the Congress and joined the BJP late last year.