UDF's Chandy Oommen Wins Puthuppally Bypoll in Kerala

Chandy Oommen, the son of late Congress stalwart Oommen Chandy, retained the Puthuppally assembly constituency in Kerala by a margin of over 36,000 votes in the bypoll on Friday.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor with party candidate and former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy's son Chandy Oommen during his election campaign ahead of Puthuppally assembly constituency by-polls, in Kottayam. (PTI)

The Opposition Congress-UDF candidate gained a clear edge since the initial round, his nearest rival and ruling LDF candidate Jaick C Thomas could never gain a lead in any rounds. Chandy Oommen could well surpass his father's record of margin of 33,255 votes in the constituency, which the late Congress leader represented Puthuppally in the state assembly for more than five decades.