Nilambur is traditionally a stronghold of the Congress. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress candidate from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency and then sitting Congress MP M.I. Shanavas had secured a lead 3,266 votes in the Nilambur assembly segment over his nearest Communist party of India (CPI) rival Sathyan Mokeri. In the subsequent local bodies elections, the UDF had won Nilambur municipality and five of the seven gram panchayats which are parts of the constituency.
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