Congress leading in Puducherry constituency

The ruling Congress Thursday established a strong lead of over 85,000 votes in the lone Lok Sabha constituency in the Union Territory. Congress candidate V Vaithilingam secured 1,77,340 votes while his nearest rival Narayanasamy Kesavan of AINRC has polled 92,048 votes, according to the latest information made available by the Election Commission.

Congress is part of the DMK led alliance while AINRC is an ally of the BJP. The election to the constituency was held on April 18 and the counting of votes taken up Thursday.