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News18•12-10-2026, 11:09
All postal votes were bought with money: Maragatham Kumaravel alleges
  • •TVK candidates Maragatham Kumaravel and Sathyabama won the Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies respectively in the Tamil Nadu by-elections.
  • •The newly elected MLAs took their oath as Members of the Legislative Assembly at the Secretariat.
  • •The winners expressed gratitude to voters and leaders, emphasizing that TVK won without distributing money for votes.
  • •Maragatham Kumaravel firmly alleged during a press meeting that all postal votes were bought using money by the opposition.

Key Questions Answered

Maragatham Kumaravel alleged that opposition parties bought all the postal votes cast in the by-election using money.

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidates Sathyabama and Maragatham Kumaravel won the Dharapuram and Madurantakam constituencies, respectively.

Maragatham Kumaravel won the Madurantakam constituency by a margin of 20,040 votes.