Rk Nagar Assembly By-election

A day after the party fared poorly in the RK Nagar by-election, main opposition DMK today constituted a three-member committee to identify the reasons for its failure in the high-stake contest.

After a meeting of top leaders to analyse Sunday's humiliating defeat in the RK Nagar by-election, Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK has expelled six senior functionaries, calling them "betrayers" for supporting sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. Mr Dhinakaran contested as an Independent candidate and won RK Nagar, the assembly seat of former chie...

With the massive 40,000-vote victory over Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK in Chennai's RK Nagar, the TTV Dhinakaran camp is expecting a reversal of its fortune.

The by-polls in Chennai's RK Nagar, which was sweeped by TTV Dhinakaran, was expected to be a three-cornered contest between the DMK, AIADMK and its sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. What came as a surprise was an unlikely battle for the fifth place, between BJP candidate K Nagarajan and the NOTA or none of the above button.

With early trends indicating a huge lead for TTV Dhinakaran in the RK Nagar bypoll, the sidelined AIADMK leader today said it showed that people want a change of regime.

The result of the by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, were declared today. Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran, who was sidelined from the AIADMK by the EPS and OPS faction, won the prestigious and much-sought-after RK Nagar as...

In selecting Marudhu Ganesh, also known as NM Ganesh, as its candidate, the DMK had hoped to send a message to the party cadre that ordinary workers too could rise to important positions in the party. Mr Ganesh comes from a family of DMK card holders; his mother was a municipal councilor between 1996 and 2001 when DMK working president M.K. Stalin ...

AIADMK's E Madhusudanan, the only candidate in the race for the prestigious RK Nagar constituency in Chennai, to have won an election from this seat earlier. This was 20 years ago, in 1991, when he was inducted into party's patriarch J Jayalalithaa cabinet as the handloom minister.

TTV Dhinakaran, 54, was pulled out of the cold and handed the reins of the party this February when his aunt, VK Sasikala - headed to a Bengaluru jail to serve her jail term - decided to run the party by remote control.

TTV Dhinakaran has won the race for Chennai's RK Nagar - represented by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa - by more than 40,000 votes, dealing a huge blow to the ruling AIADMK which had sidelined him three months ago. "We are the true AIADMK... people of RK Nagar have elected Amma's successor," said Mr Dhinakaran, who had laid claim to Jayalali...

Polling progressed at a brisk pace in the RK Nagar assembly constituency, with an estimated 41 per cent of the electorate casting their votes by 1 pm in the prestigious by-election.

A record 77 per cent voting was recorded in Chennai's RK Nagar, the seat which had been left vacant by the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year. Election officials the figure is the highest since 2011. During the 2016 assembly elections, around 67.6 per cent polling was recorded. The counting of votes will ...

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 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, is being held today. It is vital for the AIADMK, seemingly rudderless since Ms Jayalalithaa died, to establish that Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his team are in control.

The campaigning for Chennai's RK Nagar -- the assembly seat that fell vacant after the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa - came to an end this evening amid allegations of bribery and circulation of unverified videos of notes distribution. The by-election will be held on Thursday, with the Election Commission refusing to postpone it furt...

A day after the party fared poorly in the RK Nagar by-election, main opposition DMK today constituted a three-member committee to identify the reasons for its failure in the high-stake contest.

After a meeting of top leaders to analyse Sunday's humiliating defeat in the RK Nagar by-election, Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK has expelled six senior functionaries, calling them "betrayers" for supporting sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. Mr Dhinakaran contested as an Independent candidate and won RK Nagar, the assembly seat of former chie...

With the massive 40,000-vote victory over Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK in Chennai's RK Nagar, the TTV Dhinakaran camp is expecting a reversal of its fortune.

The by-polls in Chennai's RK Nagar, which was sweeped by TTV Dhinakaran, was expected to be a three-cornered contest between the DMK, AIADMK and its sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. What came as a surprise was an unlikely battle for the fifth place, between BJP candidate K Nagarajan and the NOTA or none of the above button.

With early trends indicating a huge lead for TTV Dhinakaran in the RK Nagar bypoll, the sidelined AIADMK leader today said it showed that people want a change of regime.

The result of the by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, were declared today. Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran, who was sidelined from the AIADMK by the EPS and OPS faction, won the prestigious and much-sought-after RK Nagar as...

In selecting Marudhu Ganesh, also known as NM Ganesh, as its candidate, the DMK had hoped to send a message to the party cadre that ordinary workers too could rise to important positions in the party. Mr Ganesh comes from a family of DMK card holders; his mother was a municipal councilor between 1996 and 2001 when DMK working president M.K. Stalin ...

AIADMK's E Madhusudanan, the only candidate in the race for the prestigious RK Nagar constituency in Chennai, to have won an election from this seat earlier. This was 20 years ago, in 1991, when he was inducted into party's patriarch J Jayalalithaa cabinet as the handloom minister.

TTV Dhinakaran, 54, was pulled out of the cold and handed the reins of the party this February when his aunt, VK Sasikala - headed to a Bengaluru jail to serve her jail term - decided to run the party by remote control.

TTV Dhinakaran has won the race for Chennai's RK Nagar - represented by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa - by more than 40,000 votes, dealing a huge blow to the ruling AIADMK which had sidelined him three months ago. "We are the true AIADMK... people of RK Nagar have elected Amma's successor," said Mr Dhinakaran, who had laid claim to Jayalali...

Polling progressed at a brisk pace in the RK Nagar assembly constituency, with an estimated 41 per cent of the electorate casting their votes by 1 pm in the prestigious by-election.

A record 77 per cent voting was recorded in Chennai's RK Nagar, the seat which had been left vacant by the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year. Election officials the figure is the highest since 2011. During the 2016 assembly elections, around 67.6 per cent polling was recorded. The counting of votes will ...

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 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, is being held today. It is vital for the AIADMK, seemingly rudderless since Ms Jayalalithaa died, to establish that Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his team are in control.

The campaigning for Chennai's RK Nagar -- the assembly seat that fell vacant after the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa - came to an end this evening amid allegations of bribery and circulation of unverified videos of notes distribution. The by-election will be held on Thursday, with the Election Commission refusing to postpone it furt...