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AIADMK bags 2 bypolls seats in Tamil Nadu, Congress 1 in Puducherry

The AIADMK candidates won the Vikravandi and Nanguneri Assembly seats while the Congress bagged the Kamaraj Nagar seat in Puducherry

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T E Narasimhan Chennai
The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has won two Assembly bypolls on two seats in Tamil Nadu, and the Congress has bagged one in Puducherry. These bypolls were held on October 21, 2019. The AIADMK candidates won the Vikravandi and Nanguneri Assembly seats, while the Congress bagged Puducherry's Kamaraj Nagar seat.

AIADMK candidates R Muthamilselvan won from Vikravandi polling 113,428 votes while his DMK rival N Pugazhenthi got 68,646 votes. 

In Nanguneri seat, AIADMK candidate V Narayanan polled 94,802 votes while his Congress rival Ruby R Manohar got 61,991 votes.

The bypoll in Vikravandi was announced following