In the Palakkad Assembly bypoll Congress candidate Rahul Mamkootathil led with 17,276 votes, as per latest data by the election commission data (ECI). He is followed by C Krishnakumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who has secured 15,910 votes, trailing by 1,366 votes. Independent candidate Dr. P. Sarin is significantly behind with 8,979 votes, a loss of 8,297 votes.
Assembly Election Results
The counting of votes began on Saturday morning at Victoria College, where the strong room was opened at 8 am.
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Initially, BJP’s C Krishnakumar was in the lead following the first round of counting, according to Election Commission updates. However, by the third round, Congress’s Mamkootathil had taken the lead, with a margin of 1,228 votes.
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This bypoll became necessary after the resignation of Congress leader Shafi Parambil, who vacated the seat after being elected to the Lok Sabha from Vadakara in the general elections earlier this year.
In 2016, Shafi Parambil had won the Palakkad seat with 57,559 votes, defeating BJP candidate Sobha Surendran, who received 40,076 votes, by a margin of 17,483 votes. The main contenders in the current bypoll are Rahul Mamkootathil from the Congress-led UDF, C Krishnakumar from the BJP-led NDA, and P Sarin from the CPI(M)-led LDF.