DMK’s Kayalvizhi defeats State BJP chief Murugan in Dharapuram

Following a delay in the declaration of the outcomes of the Dharapuram (Reserved) constituency, DMK candidate N. Kayalvizhi, who contested in opposition to BJP State president L. Murugan, was formally declared the winner with a margin of 1,393 in the early hours of Monday.

Official sources aware of the developments informed The Puucho that the consequence was introduced by the Returning Officer of Dharapuram (Reserved) constituency Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar at round 12.30 a.m. on the counting centre in Tiruppur.

While Mr. Murugan was main in phrases of variety of votes for the reason that starting of the counting train until the thirteenth spherical, Ms. Kayalvizhi took a shock lead from the 14th spherical. The margin of lead started with a couple of hundred votes and widened to over 2,000 votes and by the twenty fourth and penultimate spherical of counting, her margin of lead was solely 668 votes.

As the twenty fifth and ultimate spherical commenced on Sunday night, one management unit of digital voting machine (EVM) for polling station 298A was reported to have malfunctioned. At this level, brokers from the BJP and two different Independent candidates petitioned Mr. Giriyappanavar demanding recount of votes together with postal votes.

At round 9.30 p.m., Mr. Giriyappanavar issued an order rejecting the petitions demanding the recount of votes, the sources mentioned. “…In case the victory margin is less than the total number of postal votes received, then only there should be a mandatory verification of all rejected postal ballots. Since the margin is more, the question of re-verification/recount does not arise,” he mentioned in the order.

Mr. Giriyappanavar ordered the counting of the voter verified paper audit path (VVPAT) machine for the malfunctioned EVM in a separate twenty sixth spherical. Following the counting of the 393 votes in the EVM, Ms. Kayalvizhi nonetheless maintained the lead over Mr. Murugan.

Following the counting of the remaining postal votes, it was seen that Ms. Kayalvizhi garnered 89,986 votes and Mr. Murugan secured 88,593 votes in whole, following which she was formally declared because the winner of Dharapuram (Reserved) constituency, based on the sources. The Returning Officer handed over the certificates to Ms. Kayalvizhi authorising her victory in the presence of DMK candidate for Kangeyam constituency M.P. Saminathan, who was current on the counting centre following his victory.