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Jayalalithaa heads for a massive victory in TN by-election

| | Jun 30, 2015, at 06:09 pm
Chennai, June 30 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who eyes to come back to the state assembly after overcoming a court conviction in disproportionate assets case, is heading for a massive win in Tamil Nadu's RK Nagar assembly by-elections maintaining a lead of more than one lakh votes.
The election is crucial for Jayalalithaa who overcame a conviction verdict in disproportionate asset case and returned as the state's Chief Minister.
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, reports said.The AIADMK leader is  far ahead of her nearest rival -- CPI's C Mahendran -- with a margin of 1,02,450 votes at the end of the ninth round of counting

She returned to the top post on May 23 after being acquitted in a disproportionate assets case by the Karnataka high court. She had been convicted in the case in September last by a trial court in Bengaluru.

She has to fulfil the constitutional requirement of getting elected as MLA within six months of becoming the chief minister.
#Tamil Nadu Chief Minister # J Jayalalithaa # Election # Tamil Nadu

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