In Tamilnadu, DMK President M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi was among the six candidates declared elected to Rajya Sabha today. Kanimozhi was re-elected for a second term with Congress support after a contest with actor Vijayakanth's DMDK candidate. Four AIDMK candidates including the party leader in Rajya Sabha V Maitreyan and CPI's D Raja, were also elected.

45-year-old Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G scam, sailed through the contest with 31 votes after five Congress MLAs voted in her favour along with two votes each from two smaller parties–Puthiya Thamizhagam and Manithaneya Munnetrak Katchi.