piravam bypoll

At the Piravom assembly constituency, the UDF spearheaded by the Congress and CPM-led LDF are locked in a fierce battle. LDF candidate, M.J. Jacob, who was among the early voters, said he had to wait for nearly an hour at one of the booths to exercise his franchise. He said he was confident of winning with a vast majority considering the huge turnout.

Anoop Jacob is the UDF candidate while the BJP candidate is K.R. Rajagoapal.

Women were among the early voters in the constituency with a 1.83 lakh electorate.

Government has declared a public holiday for all Government, quasi-Government and educational institutions in the constituency in view of the polling.

Both LDF and UDF had launched a spirited campaign to woo the voters.

The bypoll was necessitated following the death of former minister, T.M. Jacob, father of Anoop Jacob