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Congress has won Wayanad in the last three Lok Sabha elections by significant margins. (PTI file photos)
In its fifth list, the BJP named 111 more candidates for the upcoming seven-phase Lok Sabha elections starting April 19
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Sunday that Kerala BJP President K. Surendran will contest from the Wayanad constituency, which is currently held by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
In its fifth list, the BJP named four more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, scheduled for April 26. Out of the 20 seats in the state, the BJP-led NDA had already announced candidates for the other 16 seats. The CPI(M)-led LDF and Congress-led UDF have also put forward candidates in all constituencies.
The Wayanad constituency in Kerala has historically been a stronghold of the Congress party, similar to Raebareli and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. Congress has won Wayanad in the last three Lok Sabha elections by significant margins.
In the last two general elections in 2009 and 2014, the Congress candidate MI Shanavas won in Wayanad. He passed away in 2018.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi won the Wayanad constituency in Kerala after losing Amethi to BJP’s Smriti Irani. He defeated his nearest CPI candidate PP Suneer by a margin of over 4.31 lakh votes, securing a massive 64.8% of the vote share. The BJP-led NDA candidate Thushar Vellapally, who is also the state NDA chairman, contested for the same seat. However, he came in third place, receiving only about 78,000 votes.
In its list released on Sunday, the BJP also announced 111 additional candidates for the upcoming seven-phase Lok Sabha elections, commencing on April 19. The list includes prominent names such as Dharmendra Pradhan, Arun Govil, Ravi Shankar Prasad, and others.
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