The average margin between AIADMK and DMK alliances in these seven seats was close to 300,000 votes. In the rest of the 31 seats, the margin was, on average, 192,000 votes. While it failed to win even a single seat, in some seats, the AMMK candidates also split the votes of the AIADMK candidates, thus helping the DMK alliance candidates. The AMMK candidate N Anand, relying on the Mukkulathor community’s votes, got more votes than the victory margin, reaping 141,806 votes. “We feel it was a sweep against AIADMK alliance.

Source: Hindustan Times May 28, 2019 02:13 UTC