Kerala Election Results 2024 highlights: Congress wins 14 seats out of 20, Rahul, Tharoor emerge victorious

Kerala Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 highlights: The results for all 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala have been declared by the Election Commission of India. The Indian National Congress has emerged as the dominant party, winning 14 seats, though they lost one seat compared to the previous elections. The INDIA bloc managed to secure 19 seats, settling Bharatiya Janata Party to 1 seat.The Indian Union Muslim League secured two seats, maintaining their previous tally.The Bharatiya Janata Party managed to gain a foothold in Kerala by winning one seat, marking a gain of one seat for them. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) also won one seat.The results for all 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala have been declared, as updated by the Election Commission of India. The Indian National Congress has emerged as the dominant party, winning 14 seats, though they lost one seat compared to the previous elections. The Indian Union Muslim League secured two seats, maintaining their previous tally.The Bharatiya Janata Party managed to gain a foothold in Kerala by winning one seat, marking a gain of one seat for them. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) also won one seat.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the BJP candidate, acknowledged his loss to Shashi Tharoor of the Congress party in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday. However, he pointed out that the election outcome in Kerala suggests a growing support for the BJP among the people.Chandrasekhar, who serves as the Union Minister of State for Information Technology in the outgoing cabinet, expressed his disappointment over the loss, despite the BJP's strong campaign in the state. "We have come very close and have set a record margin and vote share. It shows that people of Kerala are increasingly supporting the BJP. It is disappointing that I couldn't win today, but fought a clean campaign. We didn't use divisiveness like our opposition. Growth of BJP in Kerala is completely expected and will continue," he said.Chandrasekhar also mentioned that the party's overall performance in India was disappointing, as they were leading in only around 300 seats, contrary to the exit polls' predictions of 350 to 400 seats. However, he expressed confidence that the BJP will form the government, leaving the decision to the leadership in Delhi.As per the latest figures from the Election Commission, Tharoor secured 3,53,679 votes, which was 15,759 more than Chandrasekhar's 3,37,920. CPI's Pannyan Ravindran secured the third position with 2,44,433 votes. With this victory, Tharoor has now won the Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the fourth consecutive time since 2009.Stay with TOI for all the live updates: