Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday won the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala against CPI's Annie Raja by a margin of over 3.5 lakh votes, according to data released by the Election Commission.
Gandhi got 6,47,445 votes, which was less than the 7,06,367 votes he got from the same constituency in 2019.
This time he won by a margin of 3,64,422 votes against his nearest rival CPI's Annie Raja, who got 2,83,023 votes.
In 2019, CPI's P P Suneer, who contested against Gandhi, got only 2,74,597 votes and lost by a margin of 4,31,770 votes.
In the last Lok Sabha elections, BJP's ally Bharat Dharma Jana Sena had contested from Wayanad and its candidate Thushar Vellappally got only 78,816 votes.
This time, BJP state president K Surendran contested against Gandhi and managed to secure 1,41,045 votes.
Gandhi got 6,47,445 votes, which was less than the 7,06,367 votes he got from the same constituency in 2019.
This time he won by a margin of 3,64,422 votes against his nearest rival CPI's Annie Raja, who got 2,83,023 votes.
In 2019, CPI's P P Suneer, who contested against Gandhi, got only 2,74,597 votes and lost by a margin of 4,31,770 votes.
In the last Lok Sabha elections, BJP's ally Bharat Dharma Jana Sena had contested from Wayanad and its candidate Thushar Vellappally got only 78,816 votes.
This time, BJP state president K Surendran contested against Gandhi and managed to secure 1,41,045 votes.
