May 2 marks theresult day for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections as it will decide the fate of nearly4,000 candidates in fray including Chief Minister K Palaniswami and DMKPresident MK Stalin.
The counting of postalballots commenced at 8 am on Sunday and as per the early trends, DMK Stalin hasa clear cut edge over All Indian Anna Dravida Munnetra (AIADMK).
Timely trends projectedthat at 8:52 am, DMK was leading on 17 seats while AIADMK stands at 12 seats.At 9:16 am, DMK and its allies were leading on 38 seats while AIADMK could reserveonly 14 seats.
Meanwhile, BJP statepresident Murugan took lead in Dharapuram.
The reports of violence atthe counting rooms have also erupted in Tamil Nadu’s Sattur. Reportedly, a clash took between the membersof AIADMK and AMMK after the former party’s candidate from Aruppukkottaiconstituency arrived at the counting hall.
In this act of clash, AMMK’sThirumalairajan’s shirt was torn.
At the time of writing,DMK secured over 105 seats while AIADMK could only get near 90.