Sources from Thiruvananthapuram stated that the Congress president has been proven right in fighting from Wayanad, a constituency that has been favorable for Congress' prospects. Presently rahul is leading by 15,000 votes over CPI's PP Suneer and NDA's Thushar Vellappally is in third place. Furthermore in Thiruvananthapuram, shashi tharoor of the Congress is leading by 2452 votes.
In Pathanamthitta, epicentre of the Sabarimala protests, BJP's K Surendran is trailing in second position. In Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi is way ahead of others by 36,000 votes and the biggest lead across 20 seats in kerala. In Thrissur, Congress' TN Prathapan is leading over his CPI rival by 6,000 votes. In Ernakulam, Hibi Eden of the Congress is leading by 17,000 votes. In Kannur, sitting CPM MP PK Sreemathy is trailing by 4000 votes.
Moreover the saffron party however came close to winning a parliamentary seat on its own, when its candidate O Rajagopal fought hard against Congress’ shashi tharoor until the final rounds of counting in Thiruvananthapuram before losing by a small margin of 15,470 votes. Moreover in the rest of the 19 seats, it had come a distant third behind the LDF and the UDF.
