Neyyatinkara by-poll results - UDF's Selvaraj wins

Neyyatinkara, Jun 15: UDF's R Selvaraj has been declared the winner in the Neyyatinkara by-poll. He has won by 6,378 votes. Celebrations have begun after the ruling UDF secured victory in a close fight. Selvaraj has commented that this victory is the people's reply to the political killings involving the LDF recently. LDF's Lawrence in the second position; while O Rajagopal from the BJP is in the third position.
10:23am

Final round of counting underway in the Neyyatinkara by-poll and Selvaraj from the UDF is emerging as the dark horse and is leading by 6,340 votes. It is now certain that Selvaraj will be the winner. Counting in 139 booths have been completed. This is a huge setback for the LDF and the developments in recent times seem to have worked against the party.
10:15am

As was expected by UDF's Selvaraj, he has attained a lead of 6,340 votes, celebrations are underway in the locality. An estimated 15,000 or so votes remains to be counted and will determine the clear winner in the crucial by-polls.
10:08am

Selvaraj is continuing his winning streak and is emerging as the surprise winner. Counting in 112 booths have ended. Talking to the press, Selvaraj seem extremely confident of his win and claims that he will win with a lead of more than 6,000 votes.
10:04am

UDF's Selvaraj is leading by 4,301 votes and it seems everything is going right for the UDF at the moment in the last leaf of the counting. The latest numbers are:
Selvaraj (UDF) - 38,914
Lawrence (LDF) - 37,399
Rajagopal (BJP) - 22,045
9:58am 

In a sudden swing, UDF's Selvaraj is presently leading, pushing Lawrence to the second position. Rajagopal remains in the third position. Counting in 70 booths out of the 144 have been completed. After the counting in the Neyyatinkara municipality and the Chengal panchayat, Selvaraj managed a lead of 2 votes bringing to the forefront of the race for the first time.
9:53am
At the end of fourth round of counting, Lawrence leads by 1,437 votes. BJP's O Rajagopal has been pushed to the third position. The counting in 56 booths have been completed. The current position is:
Lawrence (LDF) - 16,523
Selvaraj (UDF) - 15,074
Rajagopal (BJP) - 15,074
9:42am