With a whopping 1.76 lakh registered voters, Puthuppally saw the opening of 182 polling places.
The Puthuppally by-election, which was held in Kerala’s Kottayam district earlier this week, was won by Chandy Oommen, a leader in the Youth Congress and an enthusiastic participant in Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra last year, by 78098 votes.

Puthuppally’s by-election saw a 72.91% turnout (File Photo).
Puthuppally’s by-election saw a 72.91% turnout (File Photo).

At the Baselius College’s special station, the ballots for postal and service voting were first counted.

The death of seasoned Congressman Oommen Chandy, who twice held the position of Chief Minister and had held it continuously since 1970, forced a byelection. The Congress candidate was replaced by Chandy’s son Chandy Oommen.

With a whopping 1.76 lakh registered voters, Puthuppally saw the opening of 182 polling places. Four polling places were designated as “sensitive” during the election, which necessitated the implementation of enhanced security measures.

The United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) engaged in a ferocious battle in front of the electorate. Given the conflict’s huge stakes for both the ruling and opposition fronts in the state, there have been tense exchanges in recent weeks.

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Jaick C. Thomas, a leader of the Communist Party of India’s youth wing who had previously run against Chandy unsuccessfully in 2016 and 2021, was put forward by the CPI(M). Despite receiving less than 10% of the vote in 2021, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a small participant in the constituency, nominated Ligin Lal as its candidate.

Given the LDF’s overwhelming 99-seat majority in the 140-member Assembly, the Puthuppally result won’t change the state administration, but it still represents a significant political development that the country is watching.

According to the results of the Kerala by-election, Chandy Oommen, the candidate of the opposition Congress-UDF, won with a lead of more than 36,000 votes, according to a report by PTI citing sources in the Election Commission.

The party’s reaction to Oommen’s victory described it as a victory over the LDF’s mismanagement and a total political triumph for the Congress.

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The astounding victory in the Puthuppally by-elections is a clear message to the Modi and Pinarayi Vijayan governments, according to Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala in a press conference. The people of Puthuppally have driven out both the BJP and the CPM.No Kerala by-election has ever had such a lopsided victory. The message is extremely straightforward.

Few people would have predicted that the record-breaking opening day attendance of Shah Rukh Khan’s spy thriller Pathaan earlier this year would be quickly exceeded. According to early predictions, Shah Rukh’s own action film Jawan might possibly succeed, according to a report from Sacnilk.com. (See also: In most of his films, Shah Rukh Khan flawlessly blends the personal and the political; Jawan is not one of them.)

Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan’s newest movie, is probably going to surpass Pathaan.
New movie starring Shah Rukh Khan Pathaan will probably lose to Jawan.

There are preliminary estimations.
According to the source, Jawan’s domestic box office debut on September 7 is predicted to bring in roughly 75 crore across the three languages of Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. This is merely a selection from Day 1, which also happens to be a holiday because of Janmashtami and falls on a Thursday. Before the first Monday arrives, it is expected to have a fantastic run on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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According to the same survey, the Hindi version had a 46% first day occupancy rate. The movie outperformed Pathaan on Day 1 with ticket sales of 14 lakh.

A long weekend was also enjoyed by Jawan vs. Pathaan Pathaan, which debuted on January 25. To have a successful run at the box office, it had Republic Day, the national holiday, on Thursday, the following Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.