May 24, 2019 01:31 am | Updated 01:31 am IST - Chennai
For the Archives : Mr T.R. Baalu, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways. Photo: Bijoy Ghosh
DMK leader T. R. Baalu has defeated his PMK rival A. Vaithilingam by a margin of more than 5.35 lakh votes to win the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday.
While the final results were yet to be declared, Mr. Baalu, by the 32nd round, had polled a total of 7,93,281 votes. Mr. Vaithilingam secured 2,55,326 votes. MNM candidate M. Sridhar came third by polling 1,35,258.
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