Kasaragod : Congress candidate Rajmohan Unnithan defeated CPI(M) candidate M V Balakrishnan by a margin of 1,00,649 votes. BJP candidate Ashwini M L had to settle for the third place in Kasaragod lok sabha constituency .

Congress’s Rajmohan Unnithan secured 4,90,659 votes, CPI(M)’s M V Balakrishnan got 3,90,010 votes while BJP’s Ashwini M got the third position with 2,19,558 votes.

Sukumari M who contested from BSP secured 1612, Anish Payyannoor 759, Rajeshwari 897, Manoharan K 804, Balakrishnan N 628, N Keshav Naik got 507 votes while 7112 NOTA votes were cast.

Balakrishnan, who had taken the lead in the postal votes, remained behind throughout the EVM vote count. Last time Unnithan had won by a margin of 40,438 votes, this time he has doubled his margin.