A bastion of Left Democratic Front, Shoranur assembly seat had given huge lead to the CPI(M) Lok Sabha candidate from Palakkad M.B. Rajesh over his nearest United Democratic Front rival M.P. Veerendrakumar in the 2014 parliamentary elections. While C. Sangeetha is the nominee of the UDF to contest the Shoranur assembly seat in 2016 assembly elections, PK Shahi has been nominated by the CPIM which has replaced its sitting MLA.
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