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TN Urban Local Polls: BJP Candidate Secures One Vote, Blames Family Members & Party

Sentinel Digital Desk

Erode: A candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named Narendran, who contested from ward 11 in Bhavanisagar of Erode, Tamil Nadu, secured just a single vote.

Interestingly, when the counting of votes ended, Narendran came to know that apart from him, nobody, including his friends, family and party workers voted for him.

A DMK candidate who got 84 of 162 votes polled defeated him.

The election took place on February 19 for over 12,500 wards across 21 corporations, 138 municipalities, and 489 town panchayaths in Tamil Nadu.

According to the latest figures, DMK and its allies are leading in all 21 corporations with AIADMK in a distant second.

Speaking to media on the same, Narendran said even his own family members had not cast their votes for him.

''Everyone had cheated me by giving false assurances,'' he added.

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