Surendran, who has been serving as the BJP state president from February 2020, contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Pathanamthitta, where he finished third behind the Congress and the CPM candidates. In the 2021 Assembly elections, Surendran contested from two constituencies, viz., Konni and Manjeswaram, securing 32,811 and 67,000 votes respectively.A native of Ulliyeri in Kozhikode, Surendran has been serving as the general secretary of the BJP for the last 10 years.The NDA candidate in Wayanad during the 2019 polls was Thushar Vellapally of BDJS. In the election, Rahul Gandhi beat the nearest CPI candidate PP Suneer by a margin of over 4.31 lakh votes. The NDA candidate Thushar came a poor third, polling about 78,000 votes.
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