The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saw a humiliating defeat in Kerala’s Palakkad after ‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan, one of the party’s most recognised faces, lost the race. The counting in the Palakkad constituency was like a thriller as Sreedharan maintained a lead in many of the 17 rounds.
However, as the last rounds of counting began, Pirayiri, Mathur and Kannadi panchayats came to the rescue of the Congress candidate and incumbent MLA Shafi Parambil, leading to Sreedharan’s defeat.