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Nilambur bypoll results reflected a strong anti-incumbency statement, and LDF's communal campaign backfired. Onmanorama Election Tracker analyses the results.
UDF’s Aryadan Shoukath says Nilambur has faced consistent neglect under the LDF government since 2016 — from flood rehabilitation and rising wild animal attacks to stalled development. Voter anger will derail the LDF’s march ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls, he says.
The cacophony of campaign in Nilambur fell silent on Tuesday with the Kalashakottu. For 2.3 lakh voters, 10 candidates wait on the ballot. But at its heart, it’s a head-on clash between Congress’s Aryadan Shoukath and CPM’s M Swaraj with wildcard P V Anvar, the two-time MLA whose resignation necessitated this byelection, making it anything but predictable.
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