 "Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK leads in 35 seats of 39 seats in Tamil Nadu")
J Jayalaithaa-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) emerged as leading party in the Lok Sabha election from Tamil Nadu. The party leads in 36 constituencies, of the 39 seats, compared to nine (party won) in 2009 Loksabha Election. The trend is as at 11.10 am and the counting is still in process.
AIADMK's main rival and scam hit Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was completely washed out and the Narendra Modi-led BJP alliance made in road by leading two seats.
It was full of celebration at AIADMK's head quarters Lloyds road and Jayalaithaa's residence at Poes garden. Party cadres were burning crackers and distributing sweets ever since counting started as the Party was in lead in around 36 of the 39 constituencies. AIADMK, for the first time after a long time, was contesting on its own, without any allies, in all the Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu
BJP and its allies have become the runner-up in Tamil Nadu.
It may be noted that AIADMK was the first party in Tamil Nadu to come out with its election manifesto and start campaigning for the Lok Sabha Election, 2014, with the tag line “peace, prosperity and progress”.
Some of the high profile candidates, of DMK, who are trailing include Former Union Ministers and DMK leaders A Raja, who was alleged in the 2G scam, T R Baalu and others. Congress leader and Former Union Mani Shankar Aiyar is also trailing.
Karti P Chidambaram, son of Congress senior leader and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, also trailing to AIADMK candidate. This is the first election Karti is contesting, after his father decided not to contest from this election.
C Ponnaiyan, former finance minister of Tamil Nadu and a senior leader of AIADMK said that the Jayalalithaa government, on the one side has been focusing on welfare schemes including free rice and laptop and on the other side has been working on development programmes including infrastructure and in primary and industrial sectors.
Tamil Nadu went for Lok Sabha elections on April 24. Total number of electors were 5.50 crore and the votes polled recorded was 73.68 per cent.
The BJP, which joined hands with five regional parties to contest in Tamil Nadu, managed to grab two seats. BJP's candidate Pon Radhakrishnan from Kanyakumari and BJP's alliance partner Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK's) candidate and Former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss in Dharmapuri are leading in their respective seats.
AIADMK's main rival and scam hit Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was completely washed out and the Narendra Modi-led BJP alliance made in road by leading two seats.
It was full of celebration at AIADMK's head quarters Lloyds road and Jayalaithaa's residence at Poes garden. Party cadres were burning crackers and distributing sweets ever since counting started as the Party was in lead in around 36 of the 39 constituencies. AIADMK, for the first time after a long time, was contesting on its own, without any allies, in all the Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu
BJP and its allies have become the runner-up in Tamil Nadu.
It may be noted that AIADMK was the first party in Tamil Nadu to come out with its election manifesto and start campaigning for the Lok Sabha Election, 2014, with the tag line “peace, prosperity and progress”.
Some of the high profile candidates, of DMK, who are trailing include Former Union Ministers and DMK leaders A Raja, who was alleged in the 2G scam, T R Baalu and others. Congress leader and Former Union Mani Shankar Aiyar is also trailing.
Karti P Chidambaram, son of Congress senior leader and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, also trailing to AIADMK candidate. This is the first election Karti is contesting, after his father decided not to contest from this election.
C Ponnaiyan, former finance minister of Tamil Nadu and a senior leader of AIADMK said that the Jayalalithaa government, on the one side has been focusing on welfare schemes including free rice and laptop and on the other side has been working on development programmes including infrastructure and in primary and industrial sectors.
Tamil Nadu went for Lok Sabha elections on April 24. Total number of electors were 5.50 crore and the votes polled recorded was 73.68 per cent.
The BJP, which joined hands with five regional parties to contest in Tamil Nadu, managed to grab two seats. BJP's candidate Pon Radhakrishnan from Kanyakumari and BJP's alliance partner Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK's) candidate and Former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss in Dharmapuri are leading in their respective seats.
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