The United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate, K.N.A. Khader, has emerged victorious in Kerala's Vengara Assembly by-polls, by a margi🌠n of 23,312 votes, signifying a big boost for the Congress in the south.
Th🔯e Election Commission has not officially announced the results as yet.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (C🃏PM)-led Left Democratic🌟 Front (LDF) candidate, P.P. Basheer, trailed second, followed by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) candidate, Advocate K.C. Naseer, and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate, K. Janachandran Master, respectively.
The by-elections for the Vengara constituency of Kerala's Malappuram district were held on October 11,꧂ necessitated by the resignation of the IUML leader, P.K. Kun🌳halikutty, who was elected into the Lok Sabha from the Malappuram constituency. The IUML is the second biggest constituent of the Congress-led UDF.
A total of six candidates ꦍwere in the fray, with UDF's Khader and LDF's Basheer as t🌺he key contestants.
Basheer contested for the assembly elections the second time, aꦍfter being defeated by UDF c🥃andidate Kunhalikkutty in the 2016 polls.
For the first time in state, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) gadgets were used along with EVMs in all polling booths for t⛦he by-polls.
ANI
