Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, the place Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi has her maiden electoral contest, recorded a voter turnout of 64.72 % within the by-election held Wednesday. This was the bottom polling share recorded within the constituency since its formation in 2009.
The by-election was necessitated after Opposition Chief and Priyanka’s brother Rahul Gandhi vacated the Kerala turf and retained Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh. Bypoll was additionally held for the Chelakkara meeting seat in Thrissur, the place voter turnout was 72.54 per cent.
Wayanad had recorded 72.92 % of polling within the basic election held earlier this yr towards 80.33 % in 2019, when Rahul Gandhi had fought from the seat for the primary time.
This time, his sister Priyanka is pitted towards senior CPI’s Sathyan Mokeri and BJP’s younger face Navya Haridas. The steep fall in polling share comes at a time Congress, which seems to haven’t any considerations about ballot end result, has been campaigning “for a majority of 5 lakh votes” for Priyanka.
To make sure the margin, AICC basic secretaries KC Venugopal and Deepa Dasmunsi had camped within the constituency and accompanied Priyanka throughout her nook conferences within the constituency. The Congress had additionally entrusted meeting segments underneath the Lok Sabha with MLAs/MLAs.
Moreover, KPCC workplace bearers had been overseeing panchayat-level campaigning. Priyanka additionally toured to all panchayats to make sure grassroots degree marketing campaign.
Get together president Mallikarjun Kharge, Opposition Chief Rahul Gandhi and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar had led the marketing campaign for Priyanka. Moreover, Priyanka’s mom Sonia Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy additionally turned up when she was firing her nomination. Alternatively, BJP has not introduced any nationwide leaders besides Kerala in-charge Prakash Javadekar to marketing campaign in Wayanad.
The polling was held months after Wayanad witnessed a landslide, which killed 231 individuals and left 47 others nonetheless lacking. Polling cubicles for the survivors from affected villages of Mundakkai, Chooralmala and Attamala have been organized in Meppadi.
