Brisk polling was seen for the Wayanad Lok Sabha and the Chelakkara assembly seats in Kerala as they witnessed a turnout of 20.54 and 19.08 per cent, respectively, after the first three hours of voting on Wednesday.

There are more than 14 lakh registered voters in Wayanad and 1,354 polling stations have been set up in the hilly area, as per the ECI.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is making her electoral debut from Wayanad, urged voters on Wednesday to cast their ballot and called for building a better future together.

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The month-long Lok Sabha by-election campaign came to an exciting end in Wayanad. UDF candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressed hundreds of people in road shows

A bypoll was necessitated in the hill constituency after Rahul Gandhi, who won the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in the general elections held earlier this year, vacated it after he also won from the Rae Bar

Wayanad's bypoll on Wednesday saw the lowest voter turnout since 2009 at 64.24% following a devastating landslide. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, making her electoral debut, thanks voters for their participation and vows to uphold democratic ideals amidst challenges.

The by-election was necessitated after Opposition Leader and Priyanka's brother Rahul Gandhi vacated the Kerala turf and retained Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh.

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