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Dharapuram Vote Counting Twist: How the 5th Round Changed the Game
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News18•10-10-2026, 13:09
Dharapuram Vote Counting Twist: How the 5th Round Changed the Game
- •AIADMK initially held the upper hand and remained in first place during the first three rounds of vote counting in Dharapuram.
- •Although DMK secured more votes in the 4th round, it remained in third place overall while TVK held the second position.
- •The game changed dramatically in the 5th round as TVK surged to the first position both round-wise and overall with a solid margin.
- •Both AIADMK and DMK secured higher votes during the counting of votes from their respective candidates' native villages in later rounds.
- •TVK firmly anchored its first-place lead through the remaining rounds, leaving DMK and AIADMK to battle for the second and third spots.
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The course of the vote counting changed during the 5th round, when TVK took the first position both round-wise and overall after trailing behind AIADMK in the earlier rounds.
AIADMK received more votes in the 7th round when votes from Veerachimangalam, the native village of candidate Bhanumathi, were counted. Similarly, DMK secured more votes in the 17th round from Thalavaipattinam, the native village of candidate Sukanya.
TVK candidate P Sathyabama won the Dharapuram Assembly bypoll by securing 66,841 votes and defeating DMK candidate S Suganya by a margin of 9,471 votes.
