The AIADMK won the Maduranthakam constituency in the previous election. However, the PMK did not extend its support to the AIADMK in the Maduranthakam by-election, a move that has worked to the advantage of the TVK. Current vote-counting trends place the DMK in second place, while the AIADMK has slipped to third. Political experts cite the vote-counting figures from the Mangalam area as evidence o