However, Venugopal has maintained that he had done everything possible to see the by-pass fructify and brought several new tourist investments in his constituency.
Chandarababu, a new face in the LS poll scene, is a known co-operative society activist.
The constituency, which witnessed the heady days of the start of the Communist movement in Kerala, has returned Congress candidates on most occasions in the last two decades.
People here have always given importance to politics and the poll battle has always been intense as it is the bastion of several leaders like former Chief Minister and Defence Minister A K Antony, CPI-M veteran and Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan and Union Minister Vayalar Ravi.
