Shashi Tharoor’s hat-trick of victories in the face of adversities

United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate and sitting MP Kodikunnil Suresh has completed a hat-trick of victories in the Mavelikara (SC reserved) Lok Sabha constituency.

The Congress leader defeated his nearest rival of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Chittayam Gopakumar (CPI) by a margin of 61,500 votes, the second highest margin of victory in the history of the seat. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Thazhava Sahadevan finished a distant third.

The UDF candidate had polled 4,37,997 votes, followed by LDF candidate with 3,76,497 votes and NDA with 1,32,323 votes. The highest margin of victory in the constituency was recorded in 1980, when Indian National Congress (U) candidate P.J. Kurien defeated his nearest rival Thevally Madhavan Pillai by a margin of 63,122 votes.