Difference between DMK, AIADMK vote share is 1.1 percent

Chennai : The difference in vote percentage between the AIADMK and the DMK is just 1.1. percent, DMK president M. Karunanidhi said on Friday.

In a statement, Karunanidhi said the DMK-led front secured 1,71,75,374 votes or 39.7 per cent of all votes polled in the state as against the AIADMK’s 1,76,17,060 votes (40.8 per cent).

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But the AIADMK ended up winning the May 16 assembly election. The DMK will have 89 legislators of its own and will be the major opposition party in the 234-member assembly.

Karunanidhi thanked the people who voted for the DMK-led front. The former chief minister also thanked voters of his constituency Tiruvarur for electing him.