DMK's Big Win Today Powered By Region That Was Loyal To Rival AIADMK

The MK Stalin-led DMK has won 75 per cent of the seats in western Tamil Nadu, where the AIADMK had swept assembly polls last year.

Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK headed for a big win today in local polls held after a gap of 10 years, snatching a region that was considered loyal to the opposition AIADMK.

The MK Stalin-led DMK has won 75 per cent of the seats in western Tamil Nadu, where the AIADMK had swept assembly polls last year.

The AIADMK had won all 10 assembly seats in the Coimbatore region even though it lost the state to its rival after two terms. But the DMK has now taken most of the seats in the urban civic polls.

The DMK exulted in the results, calling it a thumbs up from the people after Mr Stalin's nine months as Chief Minister.