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Polling Concludes Peacefully for Madurantakam and Dharapuram By-Elections in Tamil Nadu
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News18•06-10-2026, 18:15
Polling Concludes Peacefully for Madurantakam and Dharapuram By-Elections in Tamil Nadu
- •Polling for the high-stakes by-elections to the Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu concluded peacefully at 6 pm on Tuesday.
- •Both constituencies are reserved segments and witnessed strong voter turnout, with Madurantakam recording 83.86 percent and Dharapuram registering 78.53 percent by 5 pm.
- •The election results will be crucial for the ruling TVK regime, the main opposition DMK, and the AIADMK following the April Assembly election.
- •Voting began smoothly at 7 am and concluded without any untoward incidents reported across the polling stations.
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At 5 pm, the reserved segments of Madurantakam and Dharapuram registered voter turnouts of 83.86 per cent and 78.53 per cent, respectively.
The by-elections were necessitated after MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama resigned from their positions after defecting from the AIADMK to join the ruling TVK.
Following the conclusion of polling on October 6, 2026, the votes for the Madurantakam and Dharapuram by-elections are scheduled to be counted on October 9.
