Tamil Nadu local body poll results: DMK wins 946 corporation wards, AIADMK reduced to 164
India Today
DMK secured an independent majority, winning 153 out of 200 wards in Chennai Corporation. Meanwhile, AIADMK was reduced to just 164 corporation wards as DMK captured western Tamil Nadu. The counting of votes is underway.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is on its way to make a clean sweep in the urban civic polls in Tamil Nadu and has wrested the western region convincingly, considered a bastion of the main opposition AIADMK.
Chief Minister MK Stalin-led DMK secured an independent majority, winning 153 out of 200 wards in Chennai Corporation. DMK workers celebrated the victory across the state.
Though the DMK won the 2021 Assembly election and formed the government, its rival AIADMK had won all the 10 Assembly seats in the Coimbatore region and for a long time, western Tamil Nadu is seen as a fortress of the AIADMK.
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As per current results, the DMK's victory score in urban civic polls has crossed about 75 per cent. DMK secured an absolute majority in 100-ward Coimbatore Corporation, bagging 51 wards.
Out of the total 1,374 corporation wards in the state, DMK has so far won 946 and the main opposition AIADMK 164. The DMK's ally CPIM has won 24 while rival BJP has managed 22, according to the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission.
In municipalities, out of total 3,843 ward member seats, the DMK has bagged 2,360 and AIADMK 638. CPI bagged 19, CPM 41, BJP 56, and DMDK 12.
