SU VENKATESAN wins Madurai seat

Incumbent CPIM MP Su Venkatesan has won the Madurai LS seat

S. Venkatesan of CPI(M), an ally of the ruling DMK was declared to have won from Madurai LS constituency.

At the end of 17 rounds of counting, Venkatesan secured 3,80,504 votes defeating his nearest rival of BJP's Raama Sreenivasan, who got 1,94,170 votes. AIADMK's P. Saravanan managed to get 1,78,626 votes.

Jubilant cadres burst crackers and offered sweets to the public in celebration. IT Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan offered sweet to the victorious candidate on the occasion.