Sivaganga, May 5 -- Every single vote counts! Ask KR Periyakaruppan the DMK minister in MK Stalin's cabinet who lost out by just that one vote in the recent Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, where the TVK made a stunning debut.

In a dramatic thinnest-of-thin razor finishes at the Tiruppattur Assembly constituency in Sivaganga district, one vote proved to be fatal for Tamil Nadu Co-operation Minister KR Periyakaruppan, ending his 20-year dominance.

This would go down in history as perhaps one of the closest and most shocking upsets in Indian electoral history.

At the end of the penultimate round of counting of votes on Monday Periyakaruppan was leading by 30 votes. However, the final round brought a stunning turnaround, with election offic...