Kerala Election Results 2024: The Congress-led UDF, as per latest figures, is surging ahead in the Kerala Lok Sabha elections.
AICC general secretary K C Venugopal raised his lead to 11,833 votes in Kerala’s Alappuzha constituency as the counting of votes was progressing in the segment. CPI (M) leader and sitting MP A M Ariff is trailing at the present phase as Venugopal was seen steadily increasing lead.
Ariff was the lone Left MP who could reach the Lok Sabha from the southern state in 2019 polls. BJP’s senior leader Shobha Surendran is in the third position. Actor-politician and BJP candidate Suresh Gopi increased his lead by over 8,000 votes against his nearest rivals in the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat, according to the initial figures given by the Election Commission.
Gopi has got over 56,000 votes till now and his nearest rival is LDF’s V S Sunilkumar with over 47,000 votes and Congress’ K Muraleedharan third with around 40,000 votes.
The actor had lost from Thrissur in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and then in the 2021 state assembly polls.