The Erode East by-poll result is as expected. Congress party candidate E.V.K.S. contested on behalf of the DMK alliance. Elangovan has won by a margin of 66,233 votes. AIADMK’s K.S. South has got 43,923 votes. Other 75 candidates including Naam Tamil Nadu, DMDK candidates have also lost their deposits.
M.K. The Erode East constituency holds significance as it is the first by-poll after the establishment of the Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam regime. Apart from that, the sympathy of the people of the constituency due to the untimely death of Mr. E. Ve Ra, who died prematurely at a young age, made the Erode East by-elections to be closely watched.
E.V.K.S. is a personality who has held various responsibilities as Member of Legislative Assembly, Member of Lok Sabha, Central Union Minister and President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. It is welcome that Elangovan has been inducted as a member of the Legislative Assembly from Erode East. With the inclusion of veterans like him in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the quality of their proceedings may rise.
Not only for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, but also for the Legislative Congress Party, EVKS. Elangovan’s victory was a great shock. It can be expected that he will be elected as the leader of the Legislative Assembly Congress Party soon. It goes without saying that the Congress party will gain respect and dignity only when it is led by someone who has personality and comes from the Congress tradition.
AIADMK candidate K.S., who secured the second position with 43,923 votes. It would be correct to say that AIADMK has retained its core votes rather than South State has lost. Double Leaf Symbol EPS The AIADMK’s vote bank has been stabilized after the Supreme Court recognized former chief minister and current leader of opposition Edappadi Palaniswami as the interim general secretary.
Money played like a wild flood in the Erode East constituency by-election; New strategies were employed to secure votes; All the ministers and ruling party leaders camped out in the constituency and embarked on a planned campaign – it cannot be denied that such allegations are increasing with each election. Both DMK and AIADMK parties are not immune to these allegations.
In the last 30 years, elections in Tamil Nadu have become party-based rather than candidate-based. They have started considering winning not only the general election but also the by-election as a prestige issue for their leadership. The ruling parties have turned the by-elections into an opportunity to demonstrate the people’s influence of their regime, rather than an opportunity to find out what the people’s sentiments are about the government.
In the 44 by-elections held since 1980, opposition candidates have won only eight times. In 1963 in Tiruvannamalai Constituency P.U. The by-election victories of Shanmugam (DMK) and Aranganayagam (AIADMK) in 1974 highlighted the anti-ruling mood.
In 1984, M.G.R. During his tenure as Chief Minister, the ruling party lost in Annanak and Mayiladuthurai constituencies. Another exception was the AIADMK’s victory in the Marungapuri and Madurai East by-elections, which took place a few months after the DMK came to power in 1989, contesting under a unified double-leaf symbol. Similarly, Thirumavalavan’s victory in Mangalore constituency in 2005, DTV Dhinakaran succeeded R.K. You can also check the nail interpolation.
Barring these exceptions, most by-elections are won by the ruling party. Recently, even though the victory is certain, it is because the ruling parties have started acting that the difference of votes is more important than that, so much so that the ministries themselves are working on the ground and there have been tragedies of giving money and materials to get the votes.
There have also been cases where the ruling party won by a large margin in the by-polls and suffered a crushing defeat in the subsequent Assembly polls or Lok Sabha polls. Interjections do not reflect the mood of the voices. Similarly, there will be no change of regime due to by-election results.
So is there a need for by-elections that create scope for irregularities? A public debate is needed on this.