Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Thiruvananthapuram to see tough fight between Congress and BJP

The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency has swung between the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Congress an equal number of times. It has never voted for the BJP.

Thiruvananthapuram is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala.

An election official marks the finger of a woman after she cast her vote.(AFP)

Former Mizoram governor Kummanam Rajasekharan will be contesting from here on a BJP ticket against sitting MP Shashi Tharoor.

The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency has swung between the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Congress an equal number of times. It has never voted for the BJP.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Shashi Tharoor had defeated BJP candidate O Rajagopal by a margin of 15,470 votes.

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The BJP feels that its candidate Kummanam Rajasekharan may be able to give the party cadre a fillip and help the party win the constituency this time around.

The general elections will be held across India in seven phases beginning April 11 and the counting of votes will take place on May 23.

Here’s all you need to know about the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency:

State: Kerala

Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Thiruvananthapuram

Contesting Candidates: Shashi Tharoor (Congress), Kummanam Rajasekharan(BJP), C Divakaran (CPI-M)

Date of poll: April 23

Date of polling: April 23, 2019 (phase 3)

Sitting MP, Party: Shashi Tharoor, Congress

Winning margin in 2014: 15,470

Runner up name, party: O Rajagopal, BJP

Number of voters in 2014: 873,462

Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 80

Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,060

Number of women voters: 438,816