<p>Congress's Chandy Oommen, who retained the party's bastion Puthuppally with a historic margin in the September 5 bypoll, will take oath as its new MLA on Monday, filling the seat left vacant by the death of his father and party stalwart Oommen Chandy.</p>.<p>Results declared on Friday showed that 37-year-old Chandy Oommen trounced his main rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPI(M) by a margin of 37,719 votes in the bypoll, which saw nearly a month of vigorous campaigning by leaders of the Congress, CPI(M), and BJP for their respective parties.</p>.Chandy Oommen wins his father's Puthuppally seat in Kerala bypoll with record margin.<p>The Legislature Secretariat said in a statement that Chandy Oommen's swearing-in would be held on September 11. He will take oath as the new legislator after the Question Hour session, it said.</p>.<p>The house proceedings can be seen live on the state-run Sabha TV, the statement added.</p>.<p>The assembly session, which was cut short due to the announcement of the bypoll, will continue as scheduled from Monday onward, sources said.</p>.<p>The September 5 bypoll was held following the death of Oommen Chandy on July 18. </p>
<p>Congress's Chandy Oommen, who retained the party's bastion Puthuppally with a historic margin in the September 5 bypoll, will take oath as its new MLA on Monday, filling the seat left vacant by the death of his father and party stalwart Oommen Chandy.</p>.<p>Results declared on Friday showed that 37-year-old Chandy Oommen trounced his main rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPI(M) by a margin of 37,719 votes in the bypoll, which saw nearly a month of vigorous campaigning by leaders of the Congress, CPI(M), and BJP for their respective parties.</p>.Chandy Oommen wins his father's Puthuppally seat in Kerala bypoll with record margin.<p>The Legislature Secretariat said in a statement that Chandy Oommen's swearing-in would be held on September 11. He will take oath as the new legislator after the Question Hour session, it said.</p>.<p>The house proceedings can be seen live on the state-run Sabha TV, the statement added.</p>.<p>The assembly session, which was cut short due to the announcement of the bypoll, will continue as scheduled from Monday onward, sources said.</p>.<p>The September 5 bypoll was held following the death of Oommen Chandy on July 18. </p>