04:13 pm:
TTV Dhinakaran Wins in the most awaited RK Nagar election. He has taken 89,013 votes.
AIADMK - 48,306
DMK - 24,651
Nam Tamilar - 3,860
BJP - 1,417
04:52 pm:
The independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran almost winning the election, his supporters are celebrating his victory by distributing sweets. 18 round of voting got over and here are the results:
TTV Dhinakaran - 86, 472
AIADMK - 47,115
DMK - 24,075
Nam Tamilar - 3,724
BJP - 1,312
04:31 pm:
At the end of 17th round, TTV Dhinakaran keeps up his position.
TTV Dhinakaran - 81,315
AIADMK - 44,522
DMK - 22,962
Nam Tamilar - 3,645
BJP - 1,236
04:20 pm
Counting in round 16 starts
After his victory has been confirmed with over 70,000 votes, TTV Dhinakaran will be going to the Queen Mary's college.
TTV Dhinakaran - 76,701
AIADMK - 41,529
DMK - 21,827
Nam Tamilar - 3,535
BJP - 1,185
04:04 pm:
In the 15th round of vote counting, TTV Dhinakaran still leads and is clearly going to win the election.
TTV Dhinakaran - 72,518
AIADMK - 38,966
DMK - 18,924
Nam Tamilar- 3,318
BJP - 1,126
03:35 pm:
The 13th round of vote counting TTV Occupies the leading position. AIADMK gets the deposit.
TTV Dhinakaran: 65,284
AIADMK - 33,256
DMK - 17,204
Nam Tamilar - 2,871
BJP - 942.
03:26 pm:
TTV Dhinakaran keeps up his position as the lead with 64,627 votes.
AIADMK - 33,436
DMK - 17,140
Nam Tamilar - 2,607
NOTA - 1,537
BJP - 837
3:10 pm:
TTV Dhinakaran takes a massive lead.
TTV Dhinakaran - 60,584
AIADMK - 30,555
DMK - 15,977
Nam Tamilar - 2,607
3:08 pm:
Round 12 starts in RK Nagar by-election vote counting.
2:52 pm:
In the 11th round, TTV Dhinakaran crosses 50,000 mark.
TTV Dhinakaran - 54,315
AIADMK - 27,737
DMK -14,431
Nam Tamilar - 2,347
02:46 pm:
TTV Dhinakaran still holds the leading position with 48,808 votes in the 10th round.
AIADMK: 25,367
DMK - 13,015
Nam Tamilar - 2,347
BJP - 712.
2:14 pm:
At the end of the ninth round of counting, TTV Dhinakaran leads with 29,081 vote difference.
TTV Dhinakaran - 44,094
AIADMK - 22,013
DMK - 11,649
1:51 pm:
Vote counting for the ninth round starts. TTV remains in the eading position.
1:39 pm:
At the end of the eigth round, the rebel leader leads in RK Nagar by-poll.
TTV Dhinakaran: 39,548
AIADMK - 19,525
DMK - 10,292
BJP - 519.
1:34 pm:
TTV Dhinakaran takes the leading position in the eigth round too.
1.15 pm
In the seventh round of vote counting, TTV leads with 34,346 votes of total votes while AIADMK has secured 17,471 votes and DMK has got 9,206 votes.
12:45 pm:
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran leads in sixth round of vote counting with 29,267 votes.
Madhusudhanan - 15,184
Marudhuganesh - 7,983
BJP - 408
TTV Dhinakaran has arrived at Chennai airport. Seventh round of counting begins.
12:34 pm:
Sixth round of vote counting starts. TTV Dhinakaran takes 50.34% of total votes and AIADMK takes 27.24% of total votes.
12.11 pm:
In the fifth round, TTV Dhinakaran still holds the leading position with 22,447 votes. TTV supporters have already begun celebrations.
#TTVDhinakaran supporters burn crackers to celebrate the rebel leader's lead in 4th round of RK Nagar vote counting pic.twitter.com/xgdViEK8eK
— Behindwoods (@behindwoods) December 24, 2017
11:34 am:
In what looks like an obvious answer to the ongoing vote counting, TTV Dhinakaran has taken the leading position with 20,298 votes, AIADMK still stands at second position with 9,672 votes, DMK has taken 5,091 votes at the end of the fourth round. BJP still trails behind NOTA.
11:26 am:
TTV Dhinakaran leads in the fourth round too.
11:00 am:
The rebel leader TTV Dhinakaran comfortably leads in the third round too with 15,868 pushing all the other parties behind. AIADMK stands at second position with 7,033 votes. DMK's Marudhuganesh has won 3,70 votes while BJP is still struggling at 117 votes.
10:46 am:
TTV Dhinakaran meets media. The rebel leader has thanked the RK Nagar residents for giving him this 'massive victory'. He also said that this 'victory' will end the 'atrocity' by the ruling party.
10:25 am:
Taking a massive vote difference, TTV Dhinakaran is leading at the end of round 2. His faction members burst crackers at his Adayar residence to celebrate his lead.
10:03 am
TTV Dhinakaran still remains as the lead candidate with 10,421 votes, AIADMK's Madhusudhanan stands second with 4,521 votes, DMK stands third with 2,383.
9:57 am
Voting resumes after a brief suspension. Paramilitary forces brought the situation under control in Queen Mary's college where the counting of votes for RK Nagar by-election is being done.
9:37 am
Chairs, water bottles flung at Queen Mary's College, where voting is going on. Reports say that AIADMK supporters attacked policemen in Queen Mary's College, where voting is going on.
9:25 am
Vote counting has temporarily been suspended as AIADMK members involved in a quarrel in Queen Mary's college.
9:04 am:
TTV Dhinakaran is still leading with a huge number of votes -5339, AIADMK stands next with 2,738 votes, DMK 1,111.
8:51 am
Taking the lead position in the RK Nagar by-poll, the supporters of TTV Dhinakaran are celebrating his victory in the first round. They have taken 500 boxes of sweets and are celebrating the sweets near the premise of Queen Mary's college.
Celebrations begin @TTVDhinakaran #BNS #RKnagarByElection pic.twitter.com/7cGWotUS74
— Behindwoods (@behindwoods) December 24, 2017
8:55 am:
TTV Dhinakaran is taking a massive leading 2,601 AIADMK stands next with 646, DMK taking the third position with 360 votes and BJP with 8.
8:28 am:
In the first round, indpendent candidate TTV Dhinakaran is leading with 412 votes, AIADMK stands next to 257 and DMK has 92 votes.
8:17 am:
Counting starts, DMK secures the first vote which is postal.
Counting for the much-awaited by-poll in RK Nagar Assembly seat of Tamil Nadu will begin at 8:00 am on Sunday. The election is primarily looked as a contest among the rebel leader TTV Dinakaran, AIADMK’s Madhusudhanan and DMK's Marudhuganesh. The constituency has been remaining vacant after the demise of J Jayalalithaa.
