DMK wins Poonamallee Assembly byelection by over 60,000 votes
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Friday, May 24, 2019 07:13 AM IST
Chennai:
The DMK has won the Poonamallee Assembly byelection held in Tamil Nadu. DMK candidate A Krishnaswamy has been elected, defeating his nearest AIADMK rival G Vaithiyanathan by a margin of 60,096 votes.
Krishnaswamy secured 136,905 votes as against 76,809 votes by the AIADMK candidate.
Among others trailing were Elumalai T A (AMMK) 14,804 votes, Jagadish Kumar A (MNM) 11,772 and P Bharathi Priya (NTK) 10,871.
The seat was held by AIADMK in 2016.
22 Assembly constituencies are up for grabs in the by-elections in Tamil Nadu.
