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- ↑ "Radhapuram Assembly seat: Recount of postal votes complete, results not to be declared". The News Minute. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ kavitha (20 March 2021). "DMK takes a cue from Appavu tale; closely monitors postal ballot process". The Federal. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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