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AIADMK retains Srirangam seat with thumping majority
Chennai, Feb 16
Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK
Monday retained the Srirangam assembly constituency in the bye-election
with a huge margin over archrival DMK.
AIADMK candidate S.Valarmathi polled 151,561 votes while DMK's N.Anand secured 55,045.
Valarmathi was in a comfortable lead right from the beginning as counting began this morning.
The
assembly seat was earlier held by former chief minister J.Jayalalithaa
and the bye-election was necessitated following her disqualification
after her conviction in a corruption case and sentence of four years in
jail.
In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa thanked the voters of Srirangam for electing her party's candidate.
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