Puducherry CM wins by-election

PUDUCHERRY: Congress candidate and chief minister V Narayanasamy won the Nellithope by-poll defeating the AIADMK candidate Omsakthi Sekar by 11,144 votes. Narayanasamy polled 18,709 votes while Sekar managed to get 7,565 votes. He had to win the by-poll and become an MLA to continue as chief minister. Right from the beginning Narayanasamy maintained a steady lead. He polled 6,779 votes in the first round, 6,137 in the second and 5,791 in the third and final round as against Sekar's 2,819 votes in the first, 2,560 and 2,185 votes in the second and third round respectively.