LDF retains the Assembly constituency with a margin of 10,276 votes Incumbent MLA P.T.A. Rahim, contesting as Left Democratic Front-backed Independent, has won from the Kunnamangalam for the third time in a row, crushing the United Democratic Front’s hopes of winning the constituency back after a decade.
However, district Congress committee secretary Dinesh Perumanna, who contested as UDF Independent, put up a good fight and managed to maintain a lead for a long time. Of the 1,92,958 votes polled, Mr. Rahim bagged 85,138 votes, Mr. Perumanna 74,862 votes and V.K. Sajeevan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 27,672 votes. Despite the LDF wave across the State, Mr. Rahim’s victory margin has reduced to 10,276 votes, as against the 11,205-margin he had in 2016.
O.R. KeluSitting MLA O.R. Kelu, State president of the Adivasi Kshema Samiti, a tribal feeder organisation of the CPI(M), and member of the CPI(M) district committee, started his political career as a
Kunnamangalam sees highest voter turnout in Kozhikode
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EC updates district’s polling percentageto 78.42
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Border Security Force personnel standing guard outside a strongroom where electronic voting machines are kept, at Malabar Christian College Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K Ragesh
EC updates district’s polling percentageto 78.42
The Election Commission has updated the voter turnout in the Assembly polls in Kozhikode district to 78.42%.
Officials said that Kunnamangalam Assembly segment witnessed the highest voter turnout (81.55%) and Kozhikode north the lowest (73.85%). The overall turnout is likely to increase when postal votes are added to the tally. As of now, 33,734 voters have cast their votes through the postal facility.