Vellore, August 9
In a nail-biting finish, DMK’s DM Kathir Anand today won the Vellore Lok Sabha seat defeating his nearest rival, AIADMK’s ally AC Shanmugam, by 8,141 votes.
The result came as a setback to the AIADMK which was hoping to retain the seat and prove a point after it faced a near rout in the April LS polls with the DMK-led alliance winning 37 of the 38 constituencies then.
DMK chief MK Stalin said the victory was “exceptional and unparallelled.” Also, the win has cemented DMK’s position as the third biggest party (24 seats) in the LS, he said, adding his party’s victory could have been “delayed”, but cannot be “prevented”. He was apparently referring to the earlier cancellation of the polls in Vellore in April when the rest of the 38 TN seats went for polls. The EC had then cancelled the poll in Vellore following seizure of Rs10 crore. The voting was subsequently held on August 5. — PTI
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