India, May 26 -- The Nilambur Assembly constituency in Kerala's Malappuram district, which was vacated following the resignation of MLA PV Anvar in January, will witness a bye-election on June 19 with results to be counted on June 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday.

While the formal notification for the by-election in Nilambur, scheduled to be held along with four other assembly seats in Gujarat, Punjab and West Bengal, will be published on Monday, the last date for filing nominations is June 2.

Politician-cum-businessman Anvar had won the 2016 and 2021 Assembly elections from Nilambur as an LDF-backed Independent candidate. In 2021, his victory margin over UDF's VV Prakash was just 2700 votes.

While he was a steadfast sup...