Home turf returns Chandy for ninth time

Congress leader and UDF's Chief Ministerial probable Oommen Chandy today won from his pocketborough Puthupally for the ninth consecutive time.

Congress leader and UDF's Chief Ministerial probable Oommen Chandy on Friday won from his pocketborough Puthupally for the ninth consecutive time.

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The 67-year-old leader had won all the elections to the assembly since 1970.

Chandy had a two-year stint as Chief Minister in 2004-06 after the resignation of AK Antony owning moral responsbility for the Congress's defeat in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.