Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has established an unassailable lead of more than 25,000 votes over his rival in Tiruvarur while AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa was ahead by over 11,000 votes in Srirangam.
Karunanidhi was leading by 25,243 votes over his AIADMK rival M Rajendaran in Tiruvarur Assembly constituency.
Jayalalithaa, whose party is set to sweep the Assembly polls, was ahead by 11,715 votes over his immediate DMK rival N Anand in Srirangam.
However, Karunanidhi's son Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin was trailing his AIADMK rival S Doraisamy by over 150 votes at the end of eighth round of counting in Kolathur.
At Mylapore, TNCC President K V Thangabalu was behind his AIADMK rival Rajalakshmi by over 14,000 votes.
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