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BJP’s Rajeev Chandrashekhar vs Congress Shashi Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat; 62.37% voter turnout
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Summary
Voting is currently underway for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Constituency, a stronghold for the Congress, as part of the on April 26 (Phase 2) Lok Sabha polls.
The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 seats in Kerala. With a population of 3,301,427 as per the 2011 census, the district boasts considerable electoral importance. The voter turnout at the Thiruvananthapuram seat until 9 am was 10.37%, and till 11.30 am was 23.18%. It increased to 39.13% at 1.20 pm. By 3.35 pm, the voter turnout increased to 48.4%. By 5.36 pm, the polling percentage increased to 62.56% and rose to 65.37% by the time polling closed.
The 2019 Lok Sabha elections saw a significant turnout of 73.66%.
The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat comprises seven Assembly segments — Thiruvananthapuram, Kazhakuttom, Vattiyoorkavu, Nemom, Kovalam, Neyyattinkara, and Parassala.
The seat has been a stronghold for the Congress party with Shashi Tharoor winning three consecutive terms: 2009, 2014, and 2019 from here. Tharoor was seen standing in a queue waiting to cast his vote for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Friday (as seen in the PTI photo above).
Kerala has recorded a voter turnout of 40.21% until 1.20 pm.
Voting date
Polling is currently underway in Thiruvananthapuram today on April 26 as part of Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections. Votes will be counted on June 4.
List of candidates
The upcoming electoral battle in Thiruvananthapuram pits Congress leader Shashi Tharoor against Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP)’s Rajeev Chandrashekhar and Communist Party of India (CPI)’s Pannian Raveendran.
|
Candidate |
Party |
|
Sashi Tharoor |
Indian National Congress |
|
Rajeev Chandrashekhar |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
|
Pannian Raveendran |
Communist Party of India |
|
Adv Rajendran |
Bahujan Samaj Party |
|
S. Mini |
SUCI (Communist) |
|
Chala Mohanan D |
Independent |
|
Sasi Kondapalli |
Independent |
|
Shaju Paliyodu |
Independent |
|
Shine Lal M.P |
Independent |
|
Nandavanam Susheelam |
Independent |
|
M. S. Subi |
Independent |
|
J. J. Russell |
Independent |
2019 results
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor secured victory, defeating BJP candidate Kummanam Rajasekharan, by a margin of almost 1 lakh votes.
|
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
|
Shashi Tharoor |
INC |
4,16,131 (41.19%) |
|
Kummanam Rajasekharan |
BJP |
3,16,142 (31.30%) |
|
C. Divakaran |
CPI |
2,58,556 (25.60%) |
|
NOTA |
NOTA |
4,580 (0.45%) |
|
Mithra Kumar G |
Independent |
3,521 (0.35%) |
|
Kiran Kumar. S.K |
BSP |
2,535 (0.25%) |
|
Vishnu S Ambadi |
Independent |
1,822 (0.18%) |
|
Pandalam Keralavarmaraja |
PNP |
1,695 (0.17%) |
|
M.S Subi |
Independent |
1,050 (0.10%) |
|
T. Sasi |
Independent |
1,007 (0.10%) |
|
S. Mini |
SUCI (C) |
664 (0.07%) |
|
Binu. D |
Independent |
604 (0.06%) |
|
Nandhavanam Suseelan |
Independent |
465 (0.05%) |
|
Christopher Shaju Paliyode |
Independent |
345 (0.03%) |
|
Gopakumar Oorupoika |
Independent |
339 (0.03%) |
|
Johny Thampy |
Independent |
267 (0.03%) |
|
B. Devadathan |
Independent |
258 (0.03%) |
|
Jain Wilson |
Independent |
199 (0.02%) |
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