Chennai, May 3 : The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) General Secretary Duraimurugan scraped through in the Katpadi Assembly constituency securing just 746 votes more over his AIADMK rival V.Ramu.
For a long period of time Duraimurugan was trailing behind Ramu on Sunday when the votes polled on April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections were counted.
With this victory, Duraimurugan has won the Katpadi seat six times from 1996 onwards.
--IANS
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Source: IANS