Chennai Dec 24 (IANS) Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V.Dinakaran on Sunday took an early lead in the by-election for the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K.Nagar) constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
Meanwhile supporters of both AIADMK and Dinakaran clashed inside a hall in the Queen Mary s College here where the vote count of the by-election that took place on December 21 was ongoing.
According to reports the AIADMK agents inside the hall started an argument with Dinakaran s supporters following the news of his early lead.
Dinakaran is contesting the by-poll as an Independent candidate.
He was followed by AIADMK s E.Madhusudhanan and DMK s N.Marudhu Ganesh.
At the end of the second round of vote counting Dinakaran has got 10 421 votes Madhusudhanan 4 521 and Ganesh 2 383.
The by-poll was necessitated following the death of AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa on December 5 2016 who represented the seat.
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