The Coimbatore South constituency is headed for an interesting finish. At the end of the 19 round, Kamal Haasan of the Makkal Needhi Maiam has pooled in 36,885 votes, Congress’ Mayura S Jayakumar – 35,011 votes and Vanathi Srinivasan of BJP - 34,839 votes. Since the vote margin is quite low, it’d be interesting to see who finishes and wins the constituency. These stats, are, as of 5 pm.
Elsewhere, the DMK has taken a comfortable lead in considerable constituencies. Political leaders like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav have already started conveying their heartiest congratulations to MK Stalin, who’d be the third person from the DMK to ascend to the chief ministerial throne after Anna and M Karunanidhi.
Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami is comfortably leading in his constituency. ADMK has performed well in the Kongu belt. Elsewhere, up in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee retains Bengal, so is the case with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. BJP has taken massive leads in Assam and Puducherry.