Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kerala’s Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is more likely to witness a tripartite contest within the upcoming common elections with the BJP giving a ticket to veteran Congress chief AK Antony’s son Anil Antony and Congress sustaining its religion in Anto Antony who’s the sitting MP within the seat. CPI-M fielded Thomas Isaac from the seat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to go to Pathanamthitta on March 17 to marketing campaign for the get together.
The BJP, which is hopeful of opening its account in Kerala within the Lok Sabha polls, faces a problem of the sitting MP who has been re-fielded within the election. Pathanamthitta is the one constituency within the state the place all three candidates of the political fronts are Catholics.
The BJP on March 2 introduced the names of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls and got here out with the second listing of 72 candidates.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP state president Ok Surendran had put up a combating present securing over 2,00,000 votes. He has not been fielded by the get together this time.
Who is Anil Antony?
Anil Antony, the son of Congress veteran AK Antony, was earlier a member of the grand outdated get together earlier than becoming a member of the BJP in 2023. His father didn’t assist his determination of quitting the get together, which he has been part of for many years.
The Congress-led UDF alliance has maintained its dominance within the Pathanamthitta area in Kerala, nonetheless, the assist base for the alliance decreased notably within the final decade.
About Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency
The Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency has observed a secure and constant voting sample because the electorates voted for Congress candidate Anto Antony thrice since 2009 common elections. He secured 4,08,232 against CPM’s Anantha Gopan and BJP’s Radhakrishna Menon in 2009. In 2014, Antony obtained 358,842 votes contesting against BJP’s MT Remesh and Independent’s Peelipose Thomas. In 2019, Antony secured 380,927 votes, against CPM’s Veena George and BJP’s Ok Surendran. The constituency recorded a voter turnout of 74.19 per cent within the 2019 elections.
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