No Surprises in Byelection Results in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as Voters Favour the Ruling Party Candidates
TVK’s wins in two constituencies lifted its Assembly strength to 108, while AINRC’s Ashok Anand beat the Congress by 8,482 votes.
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No surprises in byelection results in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as voters favour the ruling party candidates
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam bags the Madurantakam and Dharapuram (Reserved) Assembly constituencies. In Puducherry, the All India N.R. Congress retains Thattanchavady
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bypolls: TVK wins 2 seats, Dharapuram and Madurantakam; NDA secures Thattanchavady
In the Tamil Nadu bypolls, the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, clinched victories in both seats in the by-elections held on October 6, while in Puducherry (All India N.R. Congress) the ruling NDA allay retained the Thattanchavady seat. Madurantakam and Dharapuram are Scheduled Caste-reserved constituencies. The results are significant for the four-month-old TVK government, as they reflect its perform…
In the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections held in April 2026, Maragatham Kumaravel won the Madhurantakam constituency for the AIADMK. Similarly, P. Sathyabhama of the AIADMK had won the Dharapuram constituency. In this situation, both of them resigned from their MLA seats and joined the TDP within a few weeks of the election results being declared. As a result, by-elections were announced for both these constituencies. The by-election results were de…
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