Drop in BJP vote share in Thripunithura kicks up a row
The Hindu
Allegations of vote trading between BJP and UDF
The drop in Bharatiya Janata Party’s vote share in Thripunithura constituency by over 6,000 votes from the previous election has triggered a political controversy in the wake of the United Democratic Front’s victory by a thin margin. While BJP candidate Thuravur Vishwambaran garnered 29,843 votes in 2016, it dropped by 6,087 votes to 23,756 this time despite the party fielding a reputed academic like K.S. Radhakrishnan. Mr. Radhakrishnan had predicted 60,000 votes and victory, but ended up far from it. That the difference in BJP’s vote share is nearly five times more than the slender lead of 992 votes by which the UDF candidate K. Babu defeated the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate M. Swaraj has triggered allegations of vote trading between the BJP and the UDF.
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