COIMBATORE/CHENNAI: TVK candidate P Sathyabama on Friday won the Dharapuram byelection by a margin of 9,471 votes, securing 66,841 votes.DMK candidate S Suganya came second with 57,370 votes, while AIADMK’s K Banumathi secured 45,280 votes.The bypoll was necessitated after Sathyabama, who had won Dharapuram seat as an AIADMK candidate in the April assembly election, resigned as MLAs and joined the ruling TVK.Meanwhile, at the of 16th round of counting of votes in Madurantakam , TVK candidate Maragatham Kumaravel secured 63,391 votes, extending her lead over DMK candidate I Paranthaman (46,086 votes) to 17,305 votes. AIADMK candidate Kanitha Sampath remained in third place with 41,133 votes.Maragatham, who had won the Madurantakam seat as an AIADMK candidate in the last assembly election, resigned as MLAs and joined the ruling TVK, like Sathyabama.Polling was held in Dharapuram and Madurantakam on Oct 6.
