CHENNAI -- Newly elected All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLA from Tamil Nadu's Thiruparankundram constituency S. M. Seenivel passed away on Wednesday morning.
Earlier on 21 May, a television channel flashed the unsettling news of Seenivel's death.
Even as the rumour mills went into an overdrive, proclaiming by-election at Thiruparankundram, Seenivel was recuperating from a stroke that sent him to a private hospital at Bibikulam in Madurai last Wednesday.
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The doctors had put rumours to rest by declaring Seenivel's condition stable.
The AIADMK retained power winning 136 of the 232 constituencies despite most exit polls predicting a DMK win.
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