Conscious that any fall in victory margin would be used by their detractors, LoP Satheesan, PCC chief Sudhakaran were on the ground from the start, held grassroots meetings, and targeted CM Vijayan silence on charges against daughter
Results declared on Friday showed that 37-year-old Chandy Oommen trounced his main rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPI(M) by a margin of 37,719 votes in the bypoll