Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK has clocked a vote share of around 44 percent, double that of its nearest rival DMK in the general elections, said Election Commission.
Counting of votes for the general elections is undergoing across the country Friday.
According to Election Commission, by afternoon the AIADMK had logged a vote share of 44.2 percent as compared to DMK's around 22.7 percent.
Following the two parties are BJP (five percent), DMDK (4.7 percent), Congress (4.5 percent), MDMK (four percent), PMK (3.9 percent), VCK (1.4 percent) and others.
As many as 168,475 voters have opted for 'none of the above - NOTA' option, which is 1.4 percent of votes polled.
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