The ruling AIADMK has bagged a mayor's post and is leading in all ten corporations including Chennai as counting of votes, polled during the two-phased Tamil Nadu civic polls on October 17 and 19, was taken up on Friday.
The Jayalalithaa-led party has secured more than 2700 posts as per latest official figures with archrival DMK bagging around 1600 posts.
AIADMK's L Sasikala Pushpa was officially declared elected as the Mayor of Tuticorin, winning with a margin of 23,000 over her DMK rival, M Pon Initha. Pushpa polled 65,050 votes.
In Chennai, AIADMK's candidate for the post of Mayor S Duraisamy, who had unsuccessfully contested against DMK's M K Stalin in the April 13 Assembly polls, is facing DMK's M Subramanian.
AIADMK is leading in many municipalities and town panchayats. Polls were held for over 1.3 lakh local bodies including ten corporations.
A Madurai report said that AIADMK has won in 35 wards in the city corporation followed by DMK, which became victorious in five wards.
CPI-M's M Arjunan won in Sivaganga municipality. Congress came fourth, after the AIADMK and DMK. Home Minister P Chidambaram was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Sivaganga constituency.
In the 2006 local body polls rocked by allegations of violence and irregularities, DMK managed to win Chennai corporation.