India, May 4 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief MK Stalin has gained ground in the high-stakes contest in Kolathur constituency, but is still trailing behind amilaga Vettri Kazhagam's VS Babu.

According to figures from the Election Commission of India, Stalin, who has polled 44,541 votes, is trailing by around 8,455 votes in the multi-cornered contest in Kolathur. Meanwhile, his electoral rival Babu has polled more than 52,000 votes as of the time of writing of this article.

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate P Santhana Krishnan has secured over 12,926 votes, according to the poll body.

In Tamil Nadu, actor-turned-politician Vijay's TVK is set to emerge as the single largest party, having leads in around 106 se...