UDF’s AKM Ashraf wins Manjeswaram assembly constituency

Mangalore Today News Network

Manjeshwar, May 2, 2021: United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Ashraf of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) defeated National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) state president K Surendran after a close contest.

Manjeshwar poll results

“I never had doubts about my victory. Voters in Manjeswaram know me well and that is why they elected me," AKM Ashraf beamed after ensuring his victory in Manjeswaram assembly constituency on Sunday.

IUML has been winning Manjeswaram since 1987, barring 2006.

IUML’s PB Abdul Razak had defeated BJP’s Surendran by a narrow margin of just 89 votes in the 2016 Assembly elections in Kerala. Abdul Razak had polled 56,870 votes in 2016 as against K Surendran’s 56,781 votes. After Razak passed away, by-polls were held and UDF had managed to retain the seat.

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