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- ↑ AIADMK retains Sattur Assembly seat by slender margin
- ↑ Nine AIADMK members take oath as MLAs
- ↑ "sattur Election Result" . Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election), 2019 By-Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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