Further, this is the first time since the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M G Ramachandra Menon or MGR in 1987, that a party will return to power for a consecutive second time in Tamil Nadu.
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DMK headquarters “Anna Arivalayam” wore a deserted look with party leaders maintaining that the result declaration was yet to be made in respect of most seats. “I have never heard that a bank transfers 570 crores trucks without any security personnel and without any proper documents”, he added. Let us wait and watch as to which party will lead the state this time.
In the statement, she conveyed her “heartfelt thanks” to the people of Tamil Nadu and credited the victory of AIADMK to the people of Tamil Nadu. The only two groups that found favour with the AIADMK were Mukkulathor Puli Padai, a Thevar-outfit led by Karunas, a movie comedian, and Kongu Nadu Elaingar Peravai, a Gounder caste group from western Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu: Trends- (198/234) DMK leading in 81 seats, while AIADMK ahead on 115. MGR, an iconic filmstar, floated the AIADMK after parting ways with Karunanidhi and won three successive elections in 1977, 1980 and 1984.
PMK’s chief ministerial candidate and sitting Lok Sabha member Anbumani Ramadoss lost to DMK rival P.N.P. Inbasekaran in Pennagaram constituency.
During campaign in open-top vans, he consciously put him arm around party candidates and said this is “democracy and brotherhood” in DMK and mocked at AIADMK men for bowing before their chief Jayalalithaa. She said the exit polls that predicted a DMK victory were irrelevant.
The AIADMK on the other hand polled 40.78 per cent of the votes in the constituencies it contested though, it won many more seats.
On Friday, a meeting of the newly elected MLAs was conveyed where Amma was chosen unanimously as the leader of the legislative party.
The DMK has aligned with the Congress, two Muslim parties and smaller outfits.
Addressing a press conference here, Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha said there were long queues at some polling stations in Kerala at the end of polling at 6 p.m. All those in line at that time would be allowed to vote.
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In the two Tamil Nadu constituencies of Thanjavur and Aravakurichi, where the Election Commission deferred the polls to May 23, the Income-Tax Department initiated investigations to identify the candidates allegedly involved in distributing money.
