RK Nagar By-Election Result: TTV Dinakaran Wins Jayalalithaa’s Seat

Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V.Dinakaran on Sunday won the by-election for the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K.Nagar) constituency, defeating his nearest rival, E. Madhusudhanan of the AIADMK by a margin of over 40,000 votes.

Dinakaran, who is contesting as an Independent, had got 72,518 votes as against Madhusudhanan's 39,029 votes. DMK candidate N.Marudhu Ganesh has got 20,493 votes.

While 1,924 voters have voted for `none of the above' (NOTA) option, BJP candidate K.Nagarajan has got 1,185 votes.

From the start, Dinakaran was in the lead and the gap between him and the rivals got widened when the counting progressed.

The by-poll was necessitated following the death of sitting member and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016.