Vikravandi bypoll: Counting of votes begins
Counting of votes for the Vikravandi bypoll result has commenced with the postal ballots.
Over 150 officials are involved in the counting process in the designated counting centre at Panayapuram.
There are a total of 29 candidates in the fray to be elected as the next Vikravandi MLA. Byelection for this Assembly constituency was necessitated because of death of N Pugazhenthi.
The electoral fate of as many as 29 candidates including that of the DMK candidate Anniyur Siva, the PMK candidate C. Anbumani and the Naam Tamilar Katchi nominee Abinaya Ponnivalavan will be known when the final result of the bypoll will be out by Saturday evening.
The by-election saw a huge voter turnout of 82.48% with as many as 1,95,495 voters exercising their franchise at the hustings.