Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 5 keenly watched contests in Kerala. Can the BJP open its account in God's own country?

From Congress person Rahul Gandhi’s re-election bid successful Wayanad to Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s situation to three-term subordinate of parliament Shashi Tharoor successful Thiruvananthapuram, the governmental scenery of Kerala is acceptable to witnesser immoderate  keenly watched contests connected Friday.

The Congress and the Left-- some partners successful opposition’s INDIA bloc-- are  the main rivals successful Kerala. Until now, the contention successful Kerala has been bi-polar, but with the emergence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) arsenic a unit to reckon with, immoderate seats are apt to witnesser a triangular contest. What remains to beryllium seen is if the BJP tin unfastened its relationship to the Lok Sabha from Kerala successful the April 26 elections.  

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In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) created history and won 19 retired of 20 seats successful Kerala. The Congress won 15 seats, portion its allies, the Indian Union Muslim League, won 2 seats, the Revolutionary Socialist Party won one, and the Kerala Congress (M) won 1 seat. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 1 spot successful Alappuzha. The Left-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) is successful powerfulness successful the state.

Here is simply a look astatine the apical 5 fights successful Kerala :

Wayanad

The contention successful Wayanad is arguably the astir important of each 20 seats of Kerala arsenic Rahul Gandhi, the astir salient person of the Congress, is seeking a re-election from this seat. The contention has go a prestige conflict for Gandhi, particularly since helium mislaid the predetermination from Amethi spot successful Uttar Pradesh to Union Minister Smriti Irani successful 2019. 

The state’s ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has fielded CPI person Annie Raja from the seat. CPI is the Congress' spouse successful absorption INDIA bloc but is besides an state of the ruling LDF successful the state, wherever its rival is the Congress-led UDF. With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigner K Surendran, the Kerala president of the party, successful the fray, the contention has go triangular. 

Thiruvananthapuram

The predetermination for Thiruvananthapuram could person been predictable successful favour of three-time MP Shashi Tharoor if the BJP had not fielded Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar against him. 

With Chandrasekhar successful the fray, the contention becomes absorbing considering that the BJP finished 2nd successful the spot successful 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The LDF has fielded CPI person Pannyan Ravindran, a erstwhile MP, from the seat 

Pathanamthitta

The sitting Member of Parliament (MP) and UDF campaigner Anto Antony is contesting the elections from the Pathanamthitta spot against erstwhile Congress person and BJP candidate Anil Antony.  Anto is simply a three-term MP from Pathanamthitta portion Anil is the lad of erstwhile Union Minister and Congress seasoned AK Antony. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself sought votes for Anil Antony.

Also Read:  Anil vs Anto: Kerala's Pathanamthitta to witnesser conflict of the Antony(s)

The contention became absorbing aft the introduction of elder CPM person and erstwhile authorities concern curate Thomas Isaac arsenic the LDF candidate.

Alappuzha

Sitting subordinate of parliament (MP) and elder CPI (M) person AM Ariff is the LDF campaigner from Alappuzha. Ariff is up against Congress person and erstwhile MP KC Venugopal and Shobha Surendran of the BJP. Venugopal, the AICC orangisational secretary, won the spot successful 2014. Shobha Surendran is the authorities vice president of the BJP.

Attingal

UDF has fielded sitting MP Adoor Prakash against BJP campaigner and Union Minister V Muraleedharan from Attingal. The LDF has fielded CPM person and Varkala MLA V Joy from the seat. 

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While Prakash won the spot successful 2019, BJP’s Shobha Surendran finished third, polling astir 25 per cent votes from here. Shobha Surendran is contesting this clip from Alappuzha against KC Venugopal

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Published: 25 Apr 2024, 05:51 PM IST