DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran reacting to AIADMK's victory in the Assembly polls: "People have sold their conscience to the devil. Dirty money played the game, DMK was not able to serve the people. All the exit polls predicted that the DMK is going to win. This forced the ruling party to spend more money."


Minutes later Maran was trolled with Twitterati  pointing out that that exit poll results are announced at the end of polling, and paying cash to voters can't change the verdict sealed in the EVMs.


Fighting heavy odds, J Jayalalithaa proved her detractors wrong again with her grit and determination as she steered AIADMK to power for a second consecutive term, bucking the tradition since 1989 when no party has retained power in Tamil Nadu.


The 68-year-old AIADMK supremo, known as 'Puratchi Thalaivi' (Revolutionary Leader), has cemented her image as a fighter despite challenges that haunted her in the form of corruption cases forcing her to quit twice, only to make a comeback.

Tally so far: AIADMK 132,  DMK 89. Jayalalithaa secured 97037 votes, an approximate 40,000-vote margin over her rival Shimla Muthuchozhan.