2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections - Early Leads Show AIADMK to Retain Power Thursday May 19,2016

AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa has bucked Tamil Nadu's trend of voting out a party after every five years. Except her mentor MG Ramachandran, nobody has done that in the last 30 years

 AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa has also returned to power for the fourth term since 1991.

 Only two exit polls – C-Voter and Thanthi TV - predicted her win. C-Voter gave her 139 seats and Thanthi TV gave her 111 seats.

Early leads show that AIADMK is leading in 130+ seats  in the 234-member Assembly.

Even though MK Stalin-led DMK gave a good fight, it failed to turn the tide against J Jayalalithaa.

The biggest losers are actor Vijayakanth, MDMK leader Vaiko, the rudderless Congress and PMK’s Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss who hoped to win on prohibition promise

AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa has scripted a remarkable win, and the next five years will be Amma’s years and has put the entire opposition in its place. She has proved that Vijayakanth, Vaiko, Anbumani etc are nothing but paper tigers. She has also dealt a body blow to MK Stalin who was hoping to become the chief minister

AIADMK  has walloped western Tamil Nadu, leading in 41 of the 57 seats. This was the region where the DMDK-PWF was hoping to make a dent considering the DMDK's support base here.

AIADMK also stormed southern Tamil Nadu and the Cauvery Delta, leading in 35 of 58 and 22 of 39 respectively.

In northern Tamil Nadu, where the DMK is considered very strong, the AIADMK was neck-and-neck, leading in 37 of the 78 seats.

AIADMK supporters celebrate party's win in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections