This time, Tharoor managed to win with a margin for more than 1 lakh votes over Rajasekharan. Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi, BJP’s Thrissur candidate, also managed to get almost 3 lakh votes, but had to accept defeat, placing third after Congress and CPI. The BJP has got 26 lakh votes in Kerala this time, up from 18.5 lakh in 2014. In five of these seats, the party crossed 2 lakh votes but came third in all of them except Thiruvananthapuram. BJP allies BDJS and Kerala Congress polled more than 1 lakh in one constituency each.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2019 14:55 UTC