Aryadan Shoukath wrests seat from LDF, rides anti-incumbency wave
UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath rode on a strong anti-incumbency wave to wrest Nilambur from the LDF. Shoukath won the election by a majority of 11,077 votes. This will be the third time Congress has won a bypoll in Nilambur. It had previously won bypolls in 1970 and 1980. Shoukath weathered a spirited performance by independent…