Congress retains Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat
The Hindu
The bypoll was necessitated following the death of Congress veteran H. Vasantha Kumar last year due to COVID-19.
Congress retained the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat with its candidate Vijay Vasanth winning the bypoll by a margin of over one lakh votes against his nearest rival and former union minister Pon Radhakrishnan. The bypoll was necessitated following the last year due to COVID-19. was pitted against BJP veteran Pon Radhakrishnan who had earlier won from this constituency in 2014.More Related News
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