00:01Voting has come to an end in the crucial bi-poll in Tamil Nadu, in two seats, Madhuran Thakam as
00:06well as Dharapuram.
00:08And there's been brisk, high voter turnout recorded in both seats.
00:11Till 5pm, the numbers in Madhuran Thakam, the voter turnout, 83.86%, huge number there.
00:18In Dharapuram, 78.53%.
00:21So both the seats seeing brisk voting, much like what we saw months ago in April during the elections.
00:27People coming out in large numbers, but also, importantly, the impact of the SIR exercise.
00:33Let's in fact get you all of the reactions that have come in through the day as voting continued in
00:39these two seats.
01:12See, actually, the ground is very positive and people are very happy to bring a confident as well as DMK
01:22to the back to this constituency to serve the people.
01:25Anger has been able to see from the face of the Madhuran Thakam electorate.
01:30Therefore, they want a change.
01:32They are willing, wholeheartedly, with unanimousity, they come forward to the polling session and they are casting their vote for
01:42the DMK.
01:42So if it is a challenge, I ask my brother, Mr. Adhavarajanam, to keep his resignation ready on 9th.
01:50Pramod Madhav is joining us live from Madhuran Thakam, Anuga Keshav from Dharapuram.
01:55Just quickly, Pramod, first, what do you make of the voter turnout?
02:02Well, just like you mentioned, Rakshita, this whole time also, it seems to be quite a lot of voter turnout
02:05for this place.
02:06This is Madhuran Thakam.
02:07And it looks like the pattern that we observed in April, May of 2026, that could be a kind of
02:13like similar pattern when it comes to Madhuran Thakam.
02:15I'm speaking about Madhuran Thakam in particular.
02:17However, AIDMK candidate here who spoke to us clearly says that this is a fight between dharma and adharma,
02:22while the DMK candidate very clearly says that the people are completely upset with the TVK government.
02:27The TVK government, the candidate very clearly says that this time also the Gen C will definitely support the TVK
02:32over here, Rakshita.
02:34Anuga Keshav is live with us from Dharapuram.
02:36Anuga, what have you seen through the day in Dharapuram?
02:38A seat also that seemed responding not as much as Madhuran Thakam, but still healthy voter turnout.
02:47Well, in fact, Rakshita and Dharapuram, it's particularly in the Kongu region, right?
02:51People are largely silent, they're quite tight-lipped.
02:54I could sense a sense of disappointment with the people with the fact that there has been a candidate jump.
02:59But the fact that the power of the magical two leaves symbol still remains strong, particularly in Dharapuram in Kongunadu.
03:07But particularly over here, the last time, AIDMK won by a margin, won by 81,000 votes.
03:13So this time, it's going to be very interesting to really find out if TVK will be able to score
03:18past AIDMK or will DMK make a comeback.
03:21So certainly in Kongunadu, all the parties, in fact, four parties in TK included,
03:25are going ahead with all their might to sort of win in Kongunadu.
03:29Okay, interesting to see what really the result will throw up.
03:32Reminder that that's on Friday and we'll track that very closely.
03:35Thanks Pramoda and Arga for those updates.
