Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 -- Former Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate V Muraleedharan on Monday won the Kazhakootam Assembly constituency seat in Keralam.

Muraleedharan had faced off against CPI(M)'s Kadakampally Surendran, and the Congress had fielded advocate Sarathchandra Prasad.

Muraleedharan is a seasoned national leader and former Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs. Muraleedharan is aiming for a comeback in the seat he had previously contested in 2016, where he secured 42,732 votes but lost by 7,347 votes.

Earlier in the day, BJP State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar won the Nemom Assembly seat.

Notably, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), for the first time in the history ...