Karthick Chidambaram takes lead in Sivaganga constituency
Speculations are rife about Sivaganga constituency since the election date was announced. Congress candidate from Sivaganga Karti P Chidambaram was leading BJP's H Raja by 1,38,000 votes.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-05-23 10:10 GMT
Chennai
The high-stake competition between BJP's H Raja and Karthick Chidambaram is closely being watched across Tamil Nadu. The congress’ move to field Karthick Chidambaram in Sivaganga kicked off the party's internal rife for a while, and then subsided. While the counting is in progress, Congress candidate from Sivaganga Karti P Chidambaram was leading BJP's H Raja by 1,38,000 votes.
While H Raja is known for his several hate speech remarks, Karthi Chidambaram is facing trial in money laundering case. The election result is seen as the decider of their political life.
Sivaganga constituency has seen the victory of Congress seven times, while DMK, AIADMK and TMC won twice respectively.
Sivaganga parliamentary constituency has recorded 71.55% turnout.
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