TVK wins Dharapuram bypoll, edges ahead in Madurantakam

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, has won the Dharapuram Assembly bypoll. TVK candidate P Sathyabama secured 66,841 votes, winning by a margin of 9,471 votes. DMK finished second, while AIADMK candidate came third. In the Madurantakam Assembly bypoll, TVK is leading by over 20,000 votes after 25 of 27 rounds of counting.