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Ernakulam Lok Sabha Elections

Ernakulam Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Southern state of Kerala and will cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 23.

Voting for Lok Sabha election in Kerala will be held in a single phase and counting will be held on May 23.

Ernakulam constituency covers seven assembly segments – Paravur, Vypin, Ernakulam, Kochi, Thrippunithura, Thrikkakara and Kalamassery.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, K V Thomas of the Indian National Congress (INC) – won by getting a margin of over 87 thousand votes. He had defeated Christy Fernandez, who was an Independent candidate. Thomas had secured 353841 votes while Fernandez got 266794 votes.

The voter turnout figure was at 75.58 percent across 1019 polling stations.

Some of the other candidates in the fray were A N Radhakrishnan of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Anita Pratap of the Aam Aadmi Party.

In the year 2009, K V Thomas of the INC managed to secure his winning position by getting over 11 thousand votes against Sindhu Joy of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). While Thomas got 342845 seats, Joy secured 331055 seats.

Other members in the fray were A.N. Radhakrishnan of the BJP and Sherif Mohammed who was an Independent.

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Candidates	Party	Status	Votes
Hibi Eden	INC	Won	491263
P Rajeev	CPI(M)	Lost	322110
Alphons Kannanthanam	BJP	Lost	137749
Nota	NOTA	Lost	5378
V M Faizal	SDPI	Lost	4309
P A Niamathulla	BSP	Lost	1343
Abdul Khader Vazhakkala	SFB	Lost	982
Rajeev Nagan	APOI	Lost	821
Laila Rasheed	IND	Lost	797
Kumar	IND	Lost	604
Sreedharan	IND	Lost	554
Aswathi Rajappan	IND	Lost	494
Shajahan Abdulkhadar	CPI(ML)(R)	Lost	470
Adv Vivek K Vijayan	RSJP	Lost	379

Ernakulam News

Kerala government implements 'green protocol' for weddings

Special squads, comprising officials of Suchitwa Mission and revenue department, have been formed to carry out inspections in wedding halls and videograph the ceremony.

Jun 06, 2017, 13:59 PM IST