RK Nagar: Dinakaran leads, supporters clash, counting halted temporarily

December 24, 2017 11:05

Counting of votes for the RK Nagar bypoll suffered a temporary disruption following an alleged altercation between supporters of independent candidate T T V Dinakaran and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's E Madhusudhanan.

A senior electoral official said 'altercation caused disruption', even as the two rival sides charged each other with roughing up counting agents.

Another official said police restored peace and that the second round of counting was on.

"Police restored peace, Nothing alarming. Compilation of the second round going on," he said.

At the end of the second round, Dinakaran leads with 5,082 votes, Madhusudhanan gets 1,783 votes and DMK's N Marudhu Ganesh gets 1,142 votes. -- PTI

IMAGE: Supporters of T T V Dinakaran celebrate outside a counting centre.

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