K Praveen Kumar of Congress secures Quilandy with 79,913 votes, beating CPI(M)’s K Dasan.
Quilandy, a coastal constituency in Kozhikode district, has around 2.15 lakh voters.
In 2021, CPI(M) candidate A. K. Saseendran defeated UDF rival by a margin of 2,800 votes. BJP influence is minor but growing.