64.98% cast votes in Malappuram in Wayanad bypoll
The Hindu
64.98% polling in Nilambur, Wandoor, and Eranad for Wayanad Lok Sabha byelection; Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contesting for UDF.
The Assembly segments of Nilambur, Wandoor and Eranad in Malappuram district that form a part of the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, registered 64.98% polling in the Parliament byelection held on Wednesday (November 14).
Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s decision to vacate the seat in favour of Rae Bareli has led to the byelection, in which his sister and Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is contesting for the United Democratic Front (UDF).
Wayanad Lok Sabha seat is made up of the Assembly segments of Sulthan Bathery, Kalpetta and Mananthavady in Wayanad district, Nilambur, Wandoor and Eranad in Malappuram district and Thiruvambady in Kozhikode district.
As many as 4.19 lakh out of the 6.45 lakh voters in Nilambur, Wandoor and Eranad segments polled their votes in the byelection, which was largely incident-free and peaceful.
When 61.67% (1.97 lakh) men voted, 68.23% (2.22 lakh) women cast their votes.
When Eranad and Wandoor registered 69.42% and 64.43% votes respectively, voting percentage in Nilambur stood at 61.91%.
In Eranad, out of the 1.85 lakh voters, 1.28 lakh went to the polling booths. In Wandoor, out of the 2.34 lakh voters, 1.51 lakh cast their votes. In Nilambur, out of the 2.26 lakh voters, 1.40 lakh polled their votes.
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