9 years ago
Chennai:
The by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly seat, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, was held today. The AIADMK says it is confident of a win, which will help establish that Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his team are in control. The AIADMK have fielded senior leader E Madhusudanan, who has held the seat before. He contested against TTV Dhinakaran and DMK's Marudhu Ganesh. DMK working president MK Stalin too, said that he was certain that his party would emerge victorious in the RK Nagar bypoll. The campaigning for the RK Nagar bypoll ended on Tuesday amid allegations of bribery and circulation of unverified videos of notes distribution. The Election Commission had refused to postpone the RK Nagar by-election any further despite pleas from the opposition DMK, saying there was no proof. The counting of votes will be held on December 24.
