Mangalore, May 16: In an unbelievable result, incumbent MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has emerged victorious in 2014 Lok Sabha polls, rebounding from a recent scandal, give a devastative blow to Congress veteran B Janardhana Poojary.
Mr Kateel polled 6,42,739 votes as against 4,99,030votes secured by Mr Poojary.
Mr Kateel, who had won by a margin of 40,420 votes in 2009, this time almost ended the political future of Mr Poojary by defeating him for the second consecutive term.
Mr. Poojary, who represented the constituency in the Lok Sabha for four times from 1977 to 1991 and had served as Union Minister of State for Finance, had to bite the dust for the fifth time on his eighth appearance in parliamentary elections.
The Congress has not been able to regain the constituency since 1991. In the run up to the election, the party functionaries believed that they had come closest to wresting it back this time. But the party proved to be no match to the hard work and planning of the BJP at the grassroots.
Armed with Modi wave, the BJP had completed one round of campaigning even before the Congress could announce its candidate.
Though the BJP functionaries themselves were worried this time for many reasons including recently reported scandal of Mr Kateel, the latter has proved his ability.
The presence of SDPI candidate Haneef Khan Kodaje in the fray has only increased the winning margin of Mr Kateel.
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