CHENNAI: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has wrested the Sriperumbudur assembly constituency from the Congress, which is part of the ruling DMK-led alliance, in a major electoral upset to the TNCC.

TVK candidate K Thennarasu defeated his nearest rival, TNCC president Selvaperunthagai, by a massive margin of 54,452 votes. With Congress’s growing discontent with its ally, the debutant scored 1,46,950 votes. Selvaperunthagai managed to get only 92,498 votes, marking a significant gain for TVK in the Kancheepuram district constituency, dealing a heavy blow to the state Congress chief.