ramani@shakti.ernet.in (06/16/91)
Madras
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The AIADMK general secretary miss jayaLalitha was
leading both at kangeyam and bargur constituencies.
Cong-i AIADMK leading in majority constituencies
Notable among those who were trailing in the assembly
sector at 1630 hrs included the former chief minister and DMK
president, Mr M karunanidhi, at the Madras harbour
constituency, his son and the youth wing secretary of the
party, Mr M K stalin, at thousand lights, and former ministers
Mr Veerasamy and Mr Pon Muthuramalingam at Purasawakkam and at
Madurai west respectively.
The Congress(I)-AIADMK alliance is
all set to register an impressive performance in both the Lok
Sabha and assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, according to the
latest poll trends.
The Congress(I)-AIADMK alliance was leading in all the
39 Lok Sabha constituencies as also in nearly 210 out of 232
assembly seats 1630 hrs rpt 1630 hrs to which elections were
held saturday.
The DMK-led front was leading in about five assembly
constituencies. The pmk in three and the BJP in one.
In the Lok Sabha sector, all the four former Congress(I)
union ministers -- Mr. P. ChidambaRao, Mr M.Arunachalam,
Mr.R. Prabhu and Mrs Maragatham Chandrasekar -- were leading in
their respective constituencies.
Bhubaneshwar
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The former CM, Mr J B Patnaik, continued to trail behind the former
union minister, Mr srikanta jena (JD), in the prestigeous
cuttack Lok Sabha seat, although the Congress-i has
established leads in eight out of 14 seats, trends of which
were available at 1730 hours today.
Mr jena has since increased his lead to 20,230 votes,
with more than half of the votes counted. His tally stood at
98,169 votes, while Mr Patnaik polled 77,939 votes.
End of article