Rahul Gandhi wins Wayanad with a record margin of 431,770 votes

After losing the Amethi seat to Union Minister Smriti Irani by nearly 50 thousand votes the end of the vote counting day brought some good news for the Congress President to cherish withCongress President RahulGandhi conceded defeat from his traditional Amethi seat to Union Minister SmritiIrani of the BJP even as the ElectionCommission continued to update the margin by 44082 votesLokSabhaEelctions2019 LokSabhaElectionresults2019 Dangal2019 pictwittercomHogL8QmXCLmdash IANS Tweets ians_india May 23 2019Congress President Rahul Gandhi won Keralas Wayanad seat the second seat he contested in the 2019 polls after Amethi with a record margin of 431770 votesGandhi defeated his nearest rival PP Suneer of the Communist Party of India who secured 274597 votes while Gandhi got 706367 votes This margin of victory is the highest in the state for any Lok Sabha constituencyAmethi on May23 snapped its 39 years long relationship with the Gandhi family a relationship that was filled with emotions and nurtured with emotionsLokSabhaEelctions2019 LokSabhaElectionresults2019 Dangal2019 Photo IANS pictwittercomyccUPNLwTnmdash IANS Tweets ians_india May 23 2019Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who was the first person to announce the candidature of Gandhi expressed happiness at the huge victoryThis result was a foregone conclusion as of right from the day his name was announced we could sense that the people in Wayanad had accepted him His visits to the constituency first when he came to file his nomination and then for a days campaign really made every Congress worker excited said Chandyu00e0u00a4u00adu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u009cu00e0u00a4u00aau00e0u00a4u00be u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a5u0087u00e0u00a4u00a4u00e0u00a5u0083u00e0u00a4u00a4u00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u00b5 u00e0u00a4u00b5u00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b2u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u009cu00e0u00a4u0097 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Gandhi however lost his traditional Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh to Union Minister Smriti Irani by over 50000 votesRahul Gandhi to resign as Congress president Watch the below videoAfter losing the Amethi seat Congress president Rahul Gandhi offered to resign as Congress chief after a humiliating Lok Sabha loss in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections According to sources Gandhi told a group of senior Congress leaders including his mother Sonia that he takes full responsibility for the election defeat and that he is willing to resign as the partys president However Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala denied the reports of Rahul Gandhi offering to resignI accept the verdict of the people of India u00f0u009fu0087u00aeu00f0u009fu0087u00b3Congratulations to the winners Mr Modi amp the NDAThank you to the people of Wayanad for electing me as your MP Thank you also to the people of Amethi Thank you Congress workers amp leaders for your hard work in this campaignmdash Rahul Gandhi RahulGandhi May 23 2019While addressing the press conference the Congress president wished Prime Minister all the best and hoped that he looks after the interest of the people When reporters asked what went wrong according to him Gandhi said it did not matter today what he thinks but told Congress party workers to not feel dejected and have faithFor all the live updates and stats on Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 click hereTop Election Results 2019 storiesElection Results 2019 Modi wave across India as BJP supporters rejoiceLok Sabha election results 2019 As Smriti Irani wins in Amethi meet her cutest supporterInside Photos Uddhav Aaditya Thackeray with Devendra Fadnavis at Matoshree in BandraElection Results 2019 Shiv Sena supporters celebrate with laddoos at Sena Bhavan in DadarLok Sabha Election results 2019 Hema Malini congratulates architect Narendra Modi on TwitterArnab Goswami accidentally refers to Sunny Deol as Sunny Leone Netizens go crazyLok Sabha Election results 2019 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