Chennai, May 10 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Seenivasa Sethupathy, who won the Tiruppattur Assembly seat by one vote against DMK's candidate KR Periyakaruppan, credited his victory to party chief Vijay, saying the mandate was entirely driven by support for him.

Sethupathy's victory marks the end of Periyakaruppan's 20-year dominance in the constituency.

Reacting to his win, Sethupathy said, "I got 83,000 votes. All because of my Thalapathy, Vijay, only. Not because of the power of one vote. Every vote was only for Thalapathy..."

On the significance of a single MLA in the formation of government, which has been seen in the past day's scenario, Sethupathy highlighted the importance of voter trust and pledged to work in line w...