EC, not DMK, faced Himalayan defeat in RK Nagar bypoll: Stalin

December 24, 2017 18:47

The RK Nagar bypoll results are not what Dravida Munnetra Kazagham had hoped.

After its candidate Maruthu Ganesh came in third in the election, which Dinakaran won with a margin of over 40,000 votes, Stalin said, "Not DMK, it was the Election Commission of India that faced a Himalayan defeat in RK Nagar bypoll."

In the bypoll, 57 candidates, including DMKs Maruthu Ganesh, lost their deposits. The DMK was expected to benefit by the verdict in the 2G spectrum scam case coming at an opportune time but Ganesh got only 24,651 votes.

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