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#ResultsWithTNIE | In a major political shift, #Vijay’s #TVK has captured 14 of #Chennai’s 16 Assembly seats. The ruling #DMK managed to retain only two — #Chepauk-#Triplicane, held by Deputy CM #UdhayanidhiStalin, and the #Harbour constituency, won by P K Sekarbabu. Notably, Chief Minister #MKStalin lost his stronghold of #Kolathur, a seat he had held since 2011, to #TVK’s V S Babu by a margin of 9,121 votes. While Udhayanidhi won by a margin of 7,140 votes against #TVK’s D Selvam, Sekarbabu won by a margin of 11,750 votes against Sinora P S Ashok who got 33,504 votes. @SAPRAVEENA1 & @RudhranJourno Read more here: newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-n…

#TVKVijay‌ received MLA certificate after winning #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

With #TVKVijay winning the Perambur seat by a margin of 53715 votes, hundreds of fans and cadres throng near the gates Loyola College in Nungambakkam where votes were counted. He will visit the center to receive his MLA certificate. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#TVKVijay‌HQ candidate Rajmohan wins #Egmore in Chennai by 10804 votes. Tamilan Prasanna of #DMK pushed to second. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#TVKVijay‌HQ candidate JCD Prabhakar wins Thousand Lights in Chennai by 14072 votes. Incumbent Ezhilan of #DMK pushed to second. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

Udhayanidhi Stalin of #DMK wins Chepauk Triplicane by just 6924. #TVKVijay‌HQ candidate Selvam comes second. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#TVKVijay‌HQ candidate Aadav Arjuna wins Villivakkam in Chennai by 17419 votes. Karthik Mohan of #DMK comes second. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#TVKVijay‌HQ T Nagar candidate Bussy N Anand wins by a margin of 13027 votes. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#TVKVijay‌HQ candidate R Kumar wins Velachery in Chennai by 31740 votes. Incumbent Hasan Moulana of #INC pushed to third. #AIADMK 's M Ashok comes second #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#TVKVijay‌HQ candidate MR Pallavi wins Thiru VI KA Nagar in Chennai by 22333 votes. KS Ravichandran of #DMK come second, and #AIADMK 's Porkodi Armstrong pushed to third #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#TVKVijay‌HQ candidate VK Ramkumar wins Anna Nagar in Chennai by 21363 votes. N Chitrarasu of #DMK, who is a Councillor in Greater Chennai Corporation, comes second and former #AIADMK minister Gokula Indira pushed to third #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

Stalin lost in Kolathur by a margin of 9121 votes. He lost his seat to #TVKVijay‌HQ 's VS Babu Stalin - 72988 Babu - 82109 #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#MKStalin is only the third incumbent chief minister of Tamil Nadu to lose an election. He joins M Bhaktavatsalam of Congress (lost in 1967) and J Jayalalithaa of AIADMK (lost in Bargur in 1996) in the list. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

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#Tamilnadu to witness a non-Dravidian party (#DMK and #AIADMK) government after almost 6 decades. #TVKVijay‌HQ

With only two rounds to go, chief minister #MKStalin lags behind #TVKVijay‌HQ candidate VS Babu in #Kolathur. He trails by close to 9000 votes. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

#TVKVijay 's lead swells to 29031 after 12 rounds. Only 10 rounds remain #ResultsWithTNIE

Life comes to full circle for #TVKVijay‌, who dropped out from Loyola College and couldnt receive a degree certificate. He will collect his MLA certificate from RO in the same College, where votes polled in Perambur are being counted. #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

Kolathur - Round 17 #DMK - Stalin - 60688 #TVK - Babu - 68419 Difference - 7731 votes With only 4 rounds to go, present chief minister needs a miracle #ResultsWithTNIE @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

At the end of 9th Round, #TVKVijay‌ received 50720 votes. DMK candidate his trailing behind with 29445 votes.