The voters at the constituency were queued up before the polling stations to elect their new representative to the state assembly after the demise of Congress MLA Thirumahan Everaa. 

MK Stalin campaigned for the DMK-backing Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan and EPS has wooed voters to support ADMK's candidate Thennarasu. 

For OPS whose political career is getting smashed, the demise of his mother had poured a sense of melancholy.

Earlier, the Election Commission ordered the temporary allocation of the double leaf symbol to Edappadi Palaniswami's team.

Erode East bypoll is just ten days away from now and as the political parties are counting days, the political bigshots in the state are crossing swords to win the race.

In a shocking incident that drawn huge attention from across the state, three people had surrendered in connection to the crime and later, the police had arrested them and lodged in a prison. 

Annamalai's announcement has come a day after the candidacy-clash between the ADMK's rivals Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) and O Panneerselvam (OPS) came to an end with EPS winning the party's Two Leaves symbol.

The battle for the Two leaves symbol had favoured EPS, thanks to his major numerical strength in the party that displayed a strong support for his leadership.

As we reported, the OPS faction has announced that it will withdraw its candidate Senthil Murugan and said that it will campaign for the ADMK's 'Two leaves' symbol, which will be secured by EPS. 

As both EPS and OPS are battling for the party's 'Two Leaves' symbol, the recent developments display that OPS will likely withdraw his candidate from the race.