Priyanka Gandhi Leads With Over 5 Lakh Votes Breaks Rahul Gandhi's Record In Wayanad
The counting of votes for byelections has begun. Over the past few weeks, bypolls were held on 48 assembly seats in 14 states - Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elections were also held on two Lok Sabha seats - Kerala's Wayanad and Maharashtra's Nanded. These elections mark the electoral debut of Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is contesting in Wayanad, earlier held by her brother Rahul Gandhi. The election was necessitated in Wayanad after Rahul Gandhi won both Wayanad and Rae Bareli seats and decided to retain the latter.
