By IANS,
Chennai : V. Muthuselvi of the ruling AIADMK was Wednesday elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly from Sankarankoil constituency, defeating her DMK rival by over 68,000 votes in a byelection.
Muthuselvi bagged 94,927 votes, the Election Commission said. The AIADMK has retained the seat.
DMK’s Jawahar Suryakumar got 26,220 votes followed by MDMK’s T. Sadan Thirumalaikumar (20,678) and DMDK’s K. Muthukumar (12,144 votes).
Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa in a statement issued here thanking the people said: “The voters weighed the working of my government and the welfare and growth measures and DMK’s misrule during 2006-2011 and made Muthuselvi victorious with a margin of over 68,000 votes.”
Reacting to the byelection result, DMK President M. Karunanidhi said there was nothing new in the ruling party winning the by-polls and cited his party’s turning victorious in 11 by-polls while in power between 2006-2011. He added that there was nothing to worry about the loss.
He said Sankarankoil has been with AIADMK since 1991 and the party retaining the seat was expected.