Counting of votes for the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency began at 8 am on Friday at a centre set up on the premises of an engineering college here, with a three-tier security paraphernalia, officials said.
The votes are being counted in a tight security environment which includes deployment of 70 CCTV cameras on the college premises, 35 km from here.
The result are expected to be out by afternoon and will decide if the AIADMK retains the seat or arch rival DMK wrests it.
AIADMK’s A C Shanmugam (chief of Puthiya Neethi Katchi, an ally of the ruling party) and DMK’s D M Kathir Anand are the key contenders of the total 28 candidates in the fray.
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AIADMK is closing in as DMK leading by nearly 13,000 votes
AIADMK is closing the difference in votes as DMK is now leading by nearly 13,000 votes.
DMK leads with over 16,000 votes
DMK candidate DM Kathir Anand has 3,15,448 votes so far while AIADMK candidate has 2,99,368 votes so far.
AIADMK leads in Vellore, neck and neck race on with DMK
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