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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Long standing concerns could prove decisive in kasaragod | History Defined

Rajmohan Unnithan Kasaragod Lok Sabha Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party Manjeswaram CPI M the CPI M

The electoral landscape of Kasaragod is once again set for a high-stakes battle with incumbent MP Rajmohan Unnithan of the Congress seeking re-election from the Lok Sabha constituency.

In the 2019 parliamentary elections, Mr. Unnithan made inroads into the district’s traditionally Left-leaning electorate, defeating his nearest rival, K.P. Satheesh Chandran of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M], by a margin of over 40,000 votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contender Ravisha Tantri Kuntar came a distant third.

Mr. Unnithan’s win also signalled a momentous shift in the constituency’s political dynamics as only the CPI(M) candidates had been winning from here since 1989. A.K. Gopalan, a founding member of the CPI(M), had represented Kasaragod thrice from 1957 to 1967. Candidates of the Congress have represented the constituency in the Lok Sabha only thrice — in 1971, 1984 and in 2019.

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