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Thursday, April 22, 2021,
Chennai
The DMK and the AIADMK parties’ leaders admit that Kamal Haasan’s MNM could make a significant impact, especially in urban areas where the party enjoys a greater following on social media.
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Friday, May 20, 2016,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa was today unanimously elected as Leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party, to pave the way for her return to power as Chief Minister of the State following the victory in the May 16 Assembly elections.
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Friday, May 20, 2016,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK has scraped through in the Assembly elections with the narrowest of margins, just about 1 per cent. The AIADMK front secured 40.8 per cent, just one per cent ahead of the DMK alliance vote percentage of 39.7. If the AIADMK had not taken in minor allies who were allotted seven seats, the DMK front could have overtaken the AIADMK in terms of vote percentage and also number of seats.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo and chief minister J Jayalalithaa won the RK Nagar constituency in Chennai, defeating her nearest DMK rival Shimla Muthuchozhan by a margin of 39,545 votes.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa is expected to be sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 23.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
Here are details of results in 9 seats of which seven were won from AIADMK and 2 by DMK. Durai Murugan is among those elected.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa said she would re-dedicate herself to the cause of the Tamil Nadu people who had placed abiding faith in her.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK is set to retain power in Tamil Nadu under the stewardship of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, with the party leading in 135 constituencies out of 232 seats for which elections were held on May 16.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK has established an early lead over the DMK and the other parties after three rounds of counting in the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, with the AIADMK ahead in 126 constituencies and the DMK in 82. The Third Front is leading in one constituency and the PMK in four seats.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016,
Chennai
Tamil Nadu recorded an overall voter turnout of 74.26 per cent in elections held for 232 Assembly constituencies on Monday with more women voting than men. In 2011 Assembly polls, the figures were 78.12 per cent and 73.85 per cent in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The 2016 figure is lower than the 2011 polling by 3.86 per cent.
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Monday, May 16, 2016,
Chennai
Thanthi TV, which carried out an elaborate survey throughout Tamil Nadu, has in its Opinion Poll aired on May 16 night, said the election is Too Close to Call. It has given 102 sure seats to the ruling AIADMK, 79 to the DMK-led alliance, a solitary seat to the PMK and said that 52 seats were going Neck to neck (NTN).
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Monday, May 16, 2016,
Chennai
An estimated 73.76 per cent of the electorate in Tamil Nadu had cast their votes for the Assembly elections according to final figures given by the Election department on May 16 night.
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Monday, May 16, 2016,
Chennai
Voting for Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala began on May 16 amid tight security. In Tamil Nadu, the choice is among four chief ministerial candidates-- AIADMK's J Jayalalithaa, DMK president M Karunanidhi, Third Front leader Vijayakanth and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss, besides the BJP.
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Monday, May 16, 2016,
New Delhi
The Election Commission of India has put off polling in the Thanjavur Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu to May 23. Polling was set to begin at 7 a.m. on May 16. The orders were issued late on May 15 following seizure of huge sums of cash and reports about large-scale distribution of money to voters.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016,
Chennai
The State Bank of India said on May 14 its official cash vans carrying a consignment of Rs.570 crore from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh were erroneously seized by the Election Commission at Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016,
New Delhi
The Chief Election Commission has ordered postponement of election in Aravakurichi constituency to May 23, 2016. The EC has resorted to the postponement in view of seizures and several complaints against AIADMK and DMK parties of use of money power with a view to influence the electorate.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016,
Tirupur
Officials of a flying squad constituted to prevent unaccounted cash flow during elections, intercepted three trucks loaded with Rs. 570 crore in total at Chengapalli near Tirupur on May 14, creating a sensation in the State. However, the money could belong to SBI and it may be a cash of much ado about nothing.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016,
Chennai
Campaigning ended today in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry for May 16 Assembly polls, ringing the curtain down on the gruelling two-month-long exercise.
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Friday, May 6, 2016,
Chennai
AICC President Sonia Gandhi has criticised the AIADMK government and the party over the tardy flood relief work in November-December last
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Thursday, May 5, 2016,
Perundhurai
The AIADMK election manifesto has promised a job for every household, besides a free cellphone, set-top box for every household, besides 50 per cent for purchase of moped/scooter by women in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
