Chennai: The result at Tamil Nadu's Ulundurpettai delivered an upset today as popular and charismatic actor Vijayakanth -- the state's most sought after ally -- lost. He also lost his deposit under an Election Commission rule that comes into play only when the candidate polls less than one-sixth of the valid votes.
The winner was AIADMK's R Kumaraguru. The verdict was in line with the one delivered in the rest of the state, which had voted back Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, bucking a 34-year trend of alternating power between the two major parties.
In the process, the Captain, a two-time legislator, had lost, finishing as a distant third with 34,447 votes, trailing DMK's GR Vasanthaval.
The 'Captain' had become a valuable ally, winning 41 seats in 2011 and becoming the third largest party in the state. He became part of the ruling coalition after an alliance with Jayalalithaa's AIADMK, but a year later, the alliance came to an end.
"We were with Jayalalithaa first. But I got angry with her for hiking milk prices and bus fares," he had told NDTV.
The DMK has got 98 seats - an addition of 67, but it is still way behind AIADMK, which has won 134 seats in the 234-member assembly.
The winner was AIADMK's R Kumaraguru. The verdict was in line with the one delivered in the rest of the state, which had voted back Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, bucking a 34-year trend of alternating power between the two major parties.
In the process, the Captain, a two-time legislator, had lost, finishing as a distant third with 34,447 votes, trailing DMK's GR Vasanthaval.
The 'Captain' had become a valuable ally, winning 41 seats in 2011 and becoming the third largest party in the state. He became part of the ruling coalition after an alliance with Jayalalithaa's AIADMK, but a year later, the alliance came to an end.
"We were with Jayalalithaa first. But I got angry with her for hiking milk prices and bus fares," he had told NDTV.
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The DMK has got 98 seats - an addition of 67, but it is still way behind AIADMK, which has won 134 seats in the 234-member assembly.
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