Watch Video: Celebrations begin outside DMK headquarters, as they lead with big numbers

As per the latest trends available, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is all set to sweep Tamil Nadu - Puducherry  with a lead in 36 of the 39 seats that voted in the Lok Sabha elections 2019. Soon after early numbers started trickling in, celebrations broke out outside DMK headquarters in Chennai.

By noon the DMK was leading in Viluppuram, Tiruvannamalai, Tirunelveli, Thoothukkudi, Thanjavur, Tenkasi, Sriperumbudur, Salem, Pollachi, Perambalur, Nilgiris, Namakkal, Mayiladuthurai, Kancheepuram, Kallakurichi, Erode, Dindigul, Cuddalore, Chennai South, Chennai North, Chennai central Dayanidhi Maran, Arakkonam.

Media reports further state that, among prominent faces in the party leadership, TR Baalu took a lead from Sriperumbudur along with A Raja from Nilgiris and Dayanidhi Maran from Chennai central. In Sivaganga, Congress candidate Karti P Chidambaram was leading against his BJP rival H Raja. In Thoothukudi DMK's Kanimozhi is leading against her closest rival BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan with a margin of over 86,000 votes.