THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thiruvananthapuram mayor and LDF candidate V K Prashanth of Vattiyoorkavu assembly constituency wrested the seat from the congress. He won the prestigious Vattiyoorkavu assembly constituency by a margin of 14,251 votes.

"The victory had been possible due to the work of the Pinarayi Vijayan government and what really mattered here was the candidate,” said Prasanth.

Right from the beginning, he was ahead and dedicated this win to the people of the constituency.

The by poll to the Vattiyoorkavu constituency was necessitated after incumbent legislator K Muraleedharan, son of late former Congress Chief Minister K Karunakaran, vacated the seat after he won the Vadakara Lok Sabha seat earlier in 2019.

The BJP, which finished in second place in Vattiyoorkavu in the last two polls, was pushed to third place, while the Congress came second.