Jayalalithaa defeats exit polls and opposition

"After 1984, no ruling party in the state has been able to win an election and form the government for a successive term," she added.The actor-turned-politician, who is known to nurture larger national political ambitions, said there was no word in dictionary to describe her feelings. The victory "is truly historic".The DMK-Congress combine which had hoped to unseat Jayalalithaa had to settle for 97 seats, with the Congress tally getting reduced to just eight. A solitary seat went to DMK ally, the Indian Union Muslim League.