CHENNAI: The DMK has decimated the opposition, with rival candidates in constituencies such as Harbour, Saidapet and Kolathur losing their deposits.
In ward 70 at Kolathur, chief minister M K Stalin’s assembly constituency, DMK’s Sreethani won by 8,100 votes, while Parithi Elamsuruthi, a former DMK minister’s son, won by of 6,000 votes and Dhanasekaran won ward 137 (Virugambakkam) by 11,000 votes when the total votes polled were 26,464.