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I feel it's a great honour and I will respect it fully, she adds.
Wayanad reported the highest turnout (79.46 per cent) followed by Palakkad (77.97 per cent) and Ernakulam (77.31 per cent). Polling was generally peaceful in the five districts and the voting procedure was smooth save for a few technical snags.
The Congress chief defeated his nearest rival P P Suneer of the Communist Party of India who secured 2,74,597 votes while Gandhi received 706,367 votes.
Rahul Gandhi said his party wants an India "where people can express what is there inside their heart as long as those expressions are peaceful and non-violent."
Tribals constitute around 18 per cent population of the Wayanad district. The Lok Sabha seat has two Assembly segments - Sultan Bathery and Mananthavadi - which are reserved for them.
The Union minister said this is because Congress workers know he does have support in Amethi.
Voters in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, spread over three districts, are still convincing themselves that AICC president Rahul Gandhi was landing in the hilly township of Kalpetta, the district headquarters.
Her visit comes a day after Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi campaigned at Wayanad for her brother and AICC chief Rahul Gandhi.
Priyanka, who has been campaigning for Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad constituency, appealed to the electorate in the state to vote for Congress for the bigger cause.
Five years after the Congress suffered its worst defeat in the Lok Sabha polls in 2014, the round-the-clock office at Mukkom is a clear example that the grand old party has undoubtedly realised the potential of new-age campaigning and its impact on a changed electorate.
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