Assembly bypolls result: Congress’ Shoukath Aryadan wins Nilambur seat, trounces Left
Nilambur, June 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The most keenly awaited Nilambur Assembly by-election result in Kerala on Monday saw Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukath winning hands down with 11,077 votes, leading over his closest rival. While Shoukath got 77,737 votes, the CPI(M) candidate M. Swaraj got 66,660, Independent candidate P.V. Anvar got 19,760, and the BJP candidate Mohan George got 8,648. The biggest surprise came when Shoukath performed extremely well in the strong CPI(M)-led Left areas, and more importantly, in Swaraj’s own polling booth, where the latter was trailing.
