Rk Nagar By Polls

In a relief to rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, the Madras High Court today upheld his election from the RK Nagar assembly constituency.

The Congress in Tamil Nadu today constituted a panel to identify the reasons for its ally DMK nominee's drubbing in the R K Nagar bypoll.

Polling progressed at a brisk pace in the RK Nagar assembly constituency, with an estimated 41 per cent of the electorate casting their votes by 1 pm in the prestigious by-election.

A record 77 per cent voting was recorded in Chennai's RK Nagar, the seat which had been left vacant by the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year. Election officials the figure is the highest since 2011. During the 2016 assembly elections, around 67.6 per cent polling was recorded. The counting of votes will ...

The by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly seat, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, was held today.

In its largest recovery of unaccounted cash in poll-bound RK Nagar, Chennai Police today seized close to Rs 13 lakh from a physiotherapy centre. Officials say the cash was meant to be distributed to voters.

The Madras High Court today voiced its anguish over a large number of illegal entries in the voters' list in the by poll-bound RK Nagar Assembly constituency in the city, prior to their deletion, and said it expected the Election Commission to take severe action, even a permanent ban on contesting polls on parties or persons responsible for it.

A fierce contest is on the cards for the December 21 RK Nagar bypoll with 59 candidates, including those of ruling AIADMK, DMK and BJP besides sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran, left in the fray at close ofwithdrawal of nominations today.

The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on an interim plea by VK Sasikala-TTV Dhinakaran group of AIADMK for using the 'hat' symbol in the upcoming RK Nagar constituency by-poll.

MDMK chief Vaiko today announced his party's support to the DMK in the RK Nagar Assembly bypoll scheduled on December 21, the first such gesture after over a decade.

The award of the AIADMK's two-leaf symbol to Chief Minister E Palaniswami's faction has triggered an automatic depletion in Team Dhinakaran. The expelled number 2 of Tamil Nadu's ruling party, who allegedly bribed Election Commission officials to get the two-leaves symbol, found three of his supporters rushing to declare allegiance to the Chief Min...

DMK Working President MK Stalin today said the party will retain N Marudhu Ganesh as its candidate for the ensuing by-election for the Radhakrishnan Nagar assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

RK Nagar, the constituency in Tamil Nadu's Chennai that has been vacant since the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa a year ago, will vote on December 21 for a new representative.

The Madras High Court today directed the Election Commission not to hasten the announcement of the bypoll schedule for the R K Nagar Assembly constituency here till 100 per cent door-to-door verification, as proposed by it, is over.

A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner to conduct by-election to RK Nagar Assembly constituency in Chennai, which is lying vacant following the demise of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last year.

In a relief to rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, the Madras High Court today upheld his election from the RK Nagar assembly constituency.

The Congress in Tamil Nadu today constituted a panel to identify the reasons for its ally DMK nominee's drubbing in the R K Nagar bypoll.

Polling progressed at a brisk pace in the RK Nagar assembly constituency, with an estimated 41 per cent of the electorate casting their votes by 1 pm in the prestigious by-election.

A record 77 per cent voting was recorded in Chennai's RK Nagar, the seat which had been left vacant by the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year. Election officials the figure is the highest since 2011. During the 2016 assembly elections, around 67.6 per cent polling was recorded. The counting of votes will ...

The by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly seat, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, was held today.

In its largest recovery of unaccounted cash in poll-bound RK Nagar, Chennai Police today seized close to Rs 13 lakh from a physiotherapy centre. Officials say the cash was meant to be distributed to voters.

The Madras High Court today voiced its anguish over a large number of illegal entries in the voters' list in the by poll-bound RK Nagar Assembly constituency in the city, prior to their deletion, and said it expected the Election Commission to take severe action, even a permanent ban on contesting polls on parties or persons responsible for it.

A fierce contest is on the cards for the December 21 RK Nagar bypoll with 59 candidates, including those of ruling AIADMK, DMK and BJP besides sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran, left in the fray at close ofwithdrawal of nominations today.

The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on an interim plea by VK Sasikala-TTV Dhinakaran group of AIADMK for using the 'hat' symbol in the upcoming RK Nagar constituency by-poll.

MDMK chief Vaiko today announced his party's support to the DMK in the RK Nagar Assembly bypoll scheduled on December 21, the first such gesture after over a decade.

The award of the AIADMK's two-leaf symbol to Chief Minister E Palaniswami's faction has triggered an automatic depletion in Team Dhinakaran. The expelled number 2 of Tamil Nadu's ruling party, who allegedly bribed Election Commission officials to get the two-leaves symbol, found three of his supporters rushing to declare allegiance to the Chief Min...

DMK Working President MK Stalin today said the party will retain N Marudhu Ganesh as its candidate for the ensuing by-election for the Radhakrishnan Nagar assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

RK Nagar, the constituency in Tamil Nadu's Chennai that has been vacant since the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa a year ago, will vote on December 21 for a new representative.

The Madras High Court today directed the Election Commission not to hasten the announcement of the bypoll schedule for the R K Nagar Assembly constituency here till 100 per cent door-to-door verification, as proposed by it, is over.

A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner to conduct by-election to RK Nagar Assembly constituency in Chennai, which is lying vacant following the demise of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last year.