Actor-politician and BJP candidate Suresh Gopi appears to be headed for victory in the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat.
Suresh Gopi is leading over 10,000 votes against his nearest rivals in the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat.
Suresh Gopi's nearest rival is LDF's V.S. Sunilkumar. Suresh Gopi has been able to maintain a steady lead from the star, suggesting that the BJP may open its account in the southern state.
The actor-politican had lost from Thrissur in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and then in the 2021 state assembly polls. He had secured as many as 2,93,822 votes in the previous Kerala Lok Sabha polls and emerged third.
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Suresh Gopi's possible victory will help the BJP make inroads into Kerala, which is dominated by the Congress-led UDF and CPI(M)-led ruling LDF.
Meanwhile, early trends from the state had indicated a neck-and-neck fight between the UDF and the CPI(M)-led LDF.
UDF candidates Dean Kuriakose and N.K. Premachandran, from Idukki and Kollam Lok Sabha seats respectively, were leading by a huge margin over their nearest rivals, according to early trends. The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat is witnessing a neck-and-neck fight between Congress's Shashi Tharoor and BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Meanwhile, in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency, BJP's Anil K. Antony is trailing with over 10,064 votes. UDF's Anto Antony is leading by nearly 3,000 votes in the constituency.