Counting of votes is underway for four Lok Sabha and eight Assembly Constituencies, spread across six States and one Union Territory where by-elections were held on Saturday. The results are slowly coming out under the shadow of political slugfest following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes.
In Thanjavur assembly constituency AIADMK candidate M Rengasamy won by a comfortable margin of over 25,000 votes against DMK rival Anjugham Boopathy.
In Aravakkurichi, the AIADMK’s V Senthil Balaji was leading by a good margin over his nearest DMK rival K C Palanisamy and in Thirupparankundram assembly segment, AIADMK candidate A K Bose was ahead by a comfortable margin over his nearest rival, DMK candidate P Saravanan.
