Election Results 2024: Rahul Gandhi secures victory for Wayanad from Kerala; gains a huge advantage in the form of Rae Bareli

2024 election results: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday secured victory for Kerala’s Wayanad parliamentary constituency with a majority of 3,64,422 votes against Anna Raja of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and K Surendran of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Moreover, he is all set to win from his second seat in Rae Bareli of Uttar Pradesh, leading by nearly 4 lakh votes over his nearest rival and BJP candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh.

Rahul Gandhi is yet to reveal which constituency he will represent in the lower house of parliament, time will tell how the Congress fares and manages to retain both seats. At a press conference, Rahul Gandhi thanked the people of Wayanad and Rae Bareli and said he would take a decision soon.

The Congress leader mentioned the voters of Uttar Pradesh and said that they had performed miracles and understood the threats to the Indian constitution.

“UP ki janta ne kamaal karke dikha diya… The people of UP understood the country’s politics and threats to the Constitution and protected the Constitution. I thank them for supporting the Congress Party and the INDIA alliance,” Rahul, Gandhi said at a press conference.

“People voted to save democracy.”

Rahul Gandhi also posted on the social media platform X that the people of the country voted to save the constitution and democracy.

“The people of India saved the constitution and democracy. The country’s impoverished and poor people sided with India to protect their rights. Congratulations to all alliance partners and Congress workers lions,” the Congress leader said in the post.

To questions on whether the INDIA bloc partners would attempt to form the next government at the Centre, Rahul Gandhi said the opposition alliance would meet on Wednesday and decide on all future technical issues.