Rajeev Chandrasekhar increases lead over Shashi Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram LS seat

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 4 (PTI) BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar increased his lead over Congress' Shashi Tharoor in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 22,000 votes, according to Election Commission figures on Tuesday.

During the initial hours of counting, the fight between Chandrasekhar and Tharoor was neck-and-neck with each taking a lead of a few thousand votes.

However, by noon, the BJP leader gained a healthy lead over Tharoor, who is hoping to win a fourth time from Thiruvananthapuram LS seat.

At noon, EC figures showed Chandrasekhar getting 1,77,269 votes and Tharoor receiving 1,54,309 votes.

CPI's Pannian Ravindran was third with 1,22,258 votes. PTI HMP LGK TGB HMP ROH