04.48 pm: AIADMK wins by a margin of over 90,000 votes
04.43 pm: End of Round 23: AIADMK 1,51,561; DMK 55,045; BJP 5015; CPI (M) 1,552; Nota 1,919
04: 10 pm: Final round of counting underway
04: 05 pm: AIADMK candidate set to win by over 90,000 votes
04: 00 pm: End of Round 22: AIADMK 1, 45,186; DMK 52, 834; BJP 4,834 ;CPI (M) 1,855
03: 55 pm: End of Round 21: AIADMK 1,38,666; DMK 50,348; BJP 4,632 ;CPI (M) 1,399
03: 45 pm: End of Round 20: AIADMK 1, 32, 587; DMK 47, 923; BJP 4, 416 ;CPI (M) 1, 310
03: 20 pm: End of Round 19: AIADMK 1,25,978; DMK 46,180; BJP 4,282 ;CPI (M) 1,265
03: 10 pm: End of Round 18: AIADMK 1,18,386; DMK 43,943; BJP 4049; CPI (M) 1,198
03: 05 pm: End of Round 17: AIADMK 1,11,962; DMK 41,670; BJP 3816; CPI (M) 1130
02: 44 pm: End of Round 16: AIADMK 106184; DMK 39448; BJP 3633; CPI (M) 1083
02: 30 pm: At the end of round 15, AIADMK has crossed the 1lakh mark. The tally stands as - AIADMK with 1,00,749 votes; DMK with 36,924 votes; BJP with 3419 and CPI (M) with 1015 votes.
02: 26 pm: End of Round 14: AIADMK 94278; DMK 34052; BJP 3235; CPI (M) 938
End of Round 13: AIADMK 88013; DMK 31037; BJP 3104; CPI (M) 904
01:50 pm: At the end of Round 12, AIADMK leads with a total of 80864; DMK with 27762; BJP with 2937 votes and CPI (M) with 868 votes.
End of Round 11: AIADMK 73560; DMK 24776; BJP 2776; CPI (M) 797
12: 50 pm: AIADMK leads by a margin of 44, 723 votes over DMK at end of round 10. AIADMK Valarmathi's lead over her DMK rival crosses the victory margin of Jayalalithaa in 2011.
12: 40 pm: AIADMK leads by over 45,000 votes from DMK.
Tally - AIADMK 60,134 votes; DMK 20,062 votes; BJP 2,035 votes; and CPI (M) 672 votes.
12: 20 pm: AIADMK leads with 53,586 votes; DMK with 18, 049; BJP with 1,728 and CPI(M) with 582 votes.
12: 16 pm: At the end of Round 7, the results: AIADMK with 45,545 votes; DMK with 15,467; BJP with 1,439 votes and CPI (M) 458 votes.
11: 50 am: AIADMK leads by 24,923 votes over DMK at the end of round 6.
11: 41 am: AIADMK cadre celebrate outside the counting centre.
11: 39 am: At the end of round 6, here's the tally: AIADMK 38,784, DMK 13861, BJP 1180, CPI (M) 384.
11: 17 am: AIADMK leads by 19,987 votes over DMK.
11: 15 am: AIADMK still leads by a huge margin. At the end of Round 5: AIADMK still going strong with 32, 066 votes; DMK with 12,079; BJP with 890 votes and CPI(M) with 311 votes.
10: 50 am: At the end of Round 4: AIADMK leads with 24,888 votes; DMK with 9,414; BJP with 671 votes; CPI (M) with 244 votes
AIADMK leads by 15,474 over DMK at the end of Round 4.
10: 20 am: At the end of Round 3: AIADMK leads with 19,137 votes; DMK with 6,740; BJP with 513 and CPI (M) with 182 votes.
09: 50 am: AIADMK leads by 8094 votes at the end of second round.
09: 27 am: The manifesto released by the BJP exclusively for the Srirangam by-election had come out with a slew of assurances that includes including Srirangam in the heritage town list of the Centre. >Read
09: 10 am: AIADMK candidate S.Valarmathi gains a lead of 4,284 votes over DMK's N. Anand at the end of round 1 of counting.
09 am: At the end of round 1, results are coming in - AIADMK with 6234 votes ;DMK with 1950; BJP with 170 and CPI (M) with 27 votes. NOTA has garnered in 64 votes.
08: 35 am: AIADMK establishes early lead at end of round 1.
08: 30 am: Counting is underway now in Srirangam.
08: 20 am: Only one postal vote received and that goes to DMK.
08: 10 am: Here's how the numbers looked post-polling:
81.83 per cent of the 2,70,281 voters in Srirangam had cast their votes.
Votes polled: 2,21,172
Men: 1,08,026; Women: 1,13,138
08: 07 am: Counting process begins - electronic voting machines are being taken from strong rooms to counting tables. Counting will be taken up in 14 tables and 23 rounds. Micro observers have been appointed to supervise counting in each table.
8 am: Jayalalithaa won from Srirangam constituency in 2011 defeating her DMK rival N. Anand by a margin of 41,848 votes.
07:55 am: Twenty nine candidates, including those of AIADMK, DMK, BJP and CPI (M), contested the by-election
07:50 am: Srirangam Assembly constituency which went to polls on Friday, saw a turnout of 81.83 per cent. The seat fell vacant following the conviction of AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa
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07: 45 am: Counting of votes for will be taken up today from 8 a.m.
07: 40 am: Welcome to the The Hindu 's live coverage on the counting of Srirangam byelection votes.
| Party | Votes | Party | Votes |
| 1,51,561 | 55, 045 | ||
| 5015 | 1,552 |
