Congress leading in Aruvikkara by-poll

June 30, 2015 10:24

Counting for the June 27 Aruvikkara Assembly by-poll, where Kerala's ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front and opposition CPI-M-headed LDF are locked in a stiff contest, was underway today with initial trends showing that the Congress candidate is leading.

Though 16 candidates are in the fray, the main contest is between K S Sabrinathan (Congress) of ruling UDF, M Vijayakumar (CPI-M) of LDF Opposition and O Rajgopal of the BJP.

UDF candidate Sabarinathan is leading by over 6300 votes over his nearest rival Vijayakumar as per the latest trend. An estimated 77.35 per cent voters had exercised their votes out of the total electorate of 1,84,210 on Saturday last.

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