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A K Balan highlighted the party's significant progress from third to second place.
Reflecting on his campaign, Sarin admitted to feeling fatigued, having contested three elections in the past three and a half years.
Nilambur MLA P V Anvar, BJP defector Sandeep Varier and Congress’s Chelakkara candidate Ramya Haridas are among the leaders whose political careers could take new turns with the bypoll outcomes.
Dr P Sarin, the LDF-backed Independent who had stirred controversy with his sudden defection from Congress, ended up in third place.
UDF and NDA candidates are optimistic about crossing the five-digit majority mark.
An overwhelming 67.5%, including two voters who blindly said they would vote for the LDF candidate, dismissed the CPM charge that Congress candidate Rahul Mamkoottathil had smuggled money in a trolley bag.
Mamkoottathil dismissed the possibility of a triangular contest in Palakkad, stating that the main competition is between the UDF and what he mockingly called the 'Communist Janata Party.'
The byelection was necessitated after Congress leader Shafi Parambil resigned as MLA, having been elected to the Lok Sabha from Vadakara in the general elections.
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