Newsinc24 Team 
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Tuesday said the outcome of the urban local body elections was a testament to the “Dravidian model” of governance that the state witnessed over the past nine months. DMK has won 75 per cent of the seats in western Tamil Nadu, where the AIADMK had swept assembly polls last year. According to the latest updates, the ruling camp has been declared winner in 133 of the 200 wards in Chennai, followed by the AIADMK that had 15 seats in its kitty. The BJP won a lone ward in the capital.
Out of the total 1,374 wards in corporations, the DMK has so far won 425 and the AIADMK 75. In municipalities, of the 3,843 ward member seats, the DMK till now has won 1,832 and the AIADMK 494. In town panchayats, the DMK has won in 4,261 seats of 7,621. The AIADMK has got 1,178 town panchayat seats till now. Elected members will be taking oath on March 2. "AIADMK bows before the people's verdict," said AIADMK leader and former Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam or OPS. But he added: "This is an artificial victory for the ruling party. AIADMK will surely win again." After a gap of 11 years, the urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu were held on Saturday for 12,607 posts in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities, and 490 town panchayats. There are 57,778 candidates contesting for 12,607 posts.
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