Priyanka Gandhi is leading in Wayanad with over 5.78 lakh votes.Communist Party of India’s Sathyan Mokeri is trailing with over 1.95 lakh votes while the BJP’s Navya Haridas is in the third spot with nearly 1.04 lakh votes.
Rahul Gandhi has been actively campaigning for his sister Priyanka Gandhi. In one of the election rallies, he said, “If she likes you,she will do whatever; beyond anything you can imagine. She is also going to like Wayanad a lot. You see, a huge part of being a good MP is that you like the people and place you work for. She is going to like it.”
Over the past few weeks, bypolls were held on 48 assembly seats in 14 states – Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala,Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Elections were also held on two Lok Sabha seats – Kerala’s Wayanad and Maharashtra’s Nanded.
These elections mark the electoral debut of Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is contesting in Wayanad, earlier held by her brother Rahul Gandhi. The election was necessitated in Wayanad after Rahul Gandhi won both Wayanad and Rae Bareli seats and decided to retain the latter.
