The race starts
The postal votes were the first to be counted as a part of the first round of counting. Some of the centres were slow to start with South Chennai in Lok Sabha counting started after late after 30 mins and Sulur centre for assembly by-poll counting also started 40 minutes late.
Highlights so far
- Two EVM machines were found faulty in Cuddalore centre and one machine in Thirukovilur No 6 centre in Villupuram.
- Theni where three big names of Ravindra Nath (son of OPS), Thanga Tamilselvan of ADMK and EVKS Ilangovan of Congress competing for the seat.
- BJP is leading in 320 seats well past the magic number of 272 required to form the government.
- BJP is leading in West Bengal where Mamta Banerjee promised an overwhelming win.
Exit polls comparison
