A BLACKBURN ROVERS fan gained more votes than the Liberal Democrats as he ran as “Venky’s Out” in the general election.
Independent candidate Duncan Miller staged a campaign to oust the club’s current owners following relegation to League One.
That setback came after years of turmoil under the group’s ownership of Rovers.
“Venky’s Out” received 875 votes, which was 166 more than Lib Deb’s Irfan Ahmed.
Blackburn won the Premier League title back in 1995 under the ownership of Jack Walker.
They have now slipped into the third tier for the first time in 37 years after going down from the top-flight two years ago.
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Venky’s purchased the Lancashire outfit in 2010 – but supporters have protested on numerous occasions at their running of the club.
And Miller’s campaign has only added further spotlight to their plight.
During his campaign, Miller said: “A vote for me will go some way to try and right seven years of corruption, lies and decline.”
After the result he then told ITV: “We operate in a two-party state basically, at the moment, so it was nice to beat an established political party.
“I had no aspirations of winning. However I think it’s shown a clear message that Venky’s aren’t wanted at our football club.
“We have achieved everything I wanted to and more. We have got the word out there, we have had some great publicity and we have had backing not just locally but from all over the world.”
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