Malappuram Bypoll: Cong-Led UDF Candidate PK Kunhalikutty Wins

The bypoll was necessitated following the demise of E Ahamed, a former Union minister and leader of IUML.

Congress-led UDF candidate and IUML General Secretary PK Kunhalikutty won the Malappuram bypoll by a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes.

Counting of votes for the Malappuram bypoll began at 8 am on Monday at Government College, Malappuram. The Lok Sabha constituency, with an electorate of 13 lakh votes, had registered a polling turnout of 71.33 percent.

Apart from PK Kunhalikutty, LDF candidate MB Faisal (CPI-M) and NDA nominee N Sreeprakash of BJP were the main contestants in the fray. Six Independents also tried their luck from the constituency.