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How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa

Riding on an anti-incumbency wave, Jayalalithaa-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam front on Friday stormed to power handing a crushing defeat to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-Congress combine in Tamil Nadu assembly polls.

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With results declared for 216 of the 234 seats, AIADMK won 141 and its allies DMDK (30), CPI (9) and CPI-M (10).

The DMK managed to win 18 seats so far. The Congress, which had bargained hard for 63 constituencies in seat sharing talks, put up a miserable show winning just 5 seats and the Pattali Makkal Katchi winning 2.

Let's have a look at the major winners and losers in Tamil Nadu:

Leader: J Jayalithaa

Party: AIADMK

Status: Won

Detail: Jayalalithaa defeated N Anand of DMK by 34,469 votes in Srirangam constituency.

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How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
K Ponmudi

Leader: K Ponmudi

Party: DMK

Status: Lost

Detail: The minister of higher education in the outgoing DMK government was defeated by AIADMK's C V Shanmugam by around 12,000 votes in Villupuram constituency.

How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
N Suresh Rajan

Leader: N Suresh Rajan

Party: DMK

Status: Lost

Detail: The tourism minister in the outgoing DMK government lost to AIADMK's K T Pachaimal by 17,804 votes in Kanniyakumari constituency

How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
P Geetha Jeevan

Leader: P Geetha Jeevan

Party: DMK

Status: Lost

Detail: The minister of social welfare in the outgoing DMK government lost to AIADMK's S T Chellapandian by 26,193 votes in Thoothukkudi constituency.

How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
Durai Murugan

Leader: Durai Murugan

Party: DMK

Status: Won

Detail: The senior DMK leader and former minister defeated Appu S R K (a) Radhakrishnan of AIADMK by a slender margin of 2,973 votes in the Katpadi constituency.

How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
Kaduvetti Guru
Leader: Kaduvetti Guru

Party: PMK

Status:  Won

Detail: The PMK leader defeated AIADMK's P Elavazhagan by 15,138 votes in Jayankondam constituency.

How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
Vijaykant
Leader: Vijaykant

Party: DMDK

Status: Won

Detail: The actor turned politician and DMDK chief (alliance partner of AIADMK front) defeated S Sivaraj of the Congress by 30,795 votes in Rishivandiyam constituency.

How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
M Karunanidhi

Leader: M Karunanidhi

Party: DMK

Status: Won

Detail: The five-time Tamil Nadu chief minister comprehensively defeated AIADMK's M Rajendran by 50,249 votes in Thiruvallur constituency.

How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
Pongalur Palanisamy

Leader: Pongalur Palanisamy

Party: DMK

Status: Lost

Detail: The minister of rural industries and animal husbandry in the outgoing DMK government was defeated by AIADMK's R Doraiswamy by 27,796 votes in Coimbatore (south) constituency.

How Tamil Nadu BIG SHOTS fared on counting day

Last updated on: May 13, 2011 22:36 IST
Sarath Kumar

Leader: Sarath Kumar

Party: AIADMK

Status: Won

Detail: The actor-turned-politician defeated DMK's Karupaasami Pandian by 22,967 votes in Tenkasi constituency.