The rural local body polls are the latest evidence of how the actor's face worked out well in some areas with his outfit opening its account by winning 50 seats.

Around 80,000 candidates had contested for 27,003 posts and the counting was done in 74 centres across the state.

Karthik's terrible loss has sparked remarks from the opposition parties which had said that he could have got more votes had his family members and BJP cadres voted for him.

In total, the elections were held in nine districts for 27,003 postings, including 2,901 village panchayat presidents' posts and 22,581 village panchayat ward councillors.

In total, the elections are being held in nine districts for 27,003 postings, including 2,901 village panchayat presidents' posts and 22,581 village panchayat ward councillors.

The polls are being held in two phases and the first phase has taken place on Wednesday- October 6 while the second phase has been scheduled for October 9.

The state Congress committee has been displaying that it is not happy with the DMK and the clash between the allies is growing when the polls are just two weeks away. 

The local body polls haven't been held after the term of representatives elected in 2006 has come to an end in June 2011.

The major announcement from Vijayakanth has come a day after the similar decision taken by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) that it will contest the polls independently by exiting the ADMK alliance. 

While speaking to the reporters, Palanikumar has said that the election code of conduct has come into immediate effect in these districts.