Tamil Nadu by-polls: AIADMK wins Sankarankoil assembly seat

Chennai: V Muthuselvi of the ruling AIADMK has won the Sankarankoil constituency seat for the Tamil Nadu assembly, defeating her DMK rival by over 68,000 votes.

Muthuselvi bagged 94,927 votes, the Election Commission said. The AIADMK has retained the seat.

DMK's Jawahar Suryakumar got 26,220 votes followed by MDMK's T. Sadan Thirumalaikumar (20,678) and DMDK's K. Muthukumar (12,144 votes).

Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa thanked the voters for the support.