Tamil Nadu: Congress candidate PSW Madhava Rao dies of COVID 19, by-election if he wins

  • A Congress candidate from Tamil Nadu named PSW Madhava Rao died due to COVID 19.
  • This came a few days after he contested from the Srivilliputhur constituency in the state assembly elections.
  • Rao died of complications at a hospital today after being infected with coronavirus last month.
  • There won't be any re-polling. If he wins from the constituency in Virudhunagar district, a by-election will be held.
  • The polling across 234 assembly constituencies in 38 districts of Tamil Nadu took place on April 6.
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