Reacting to the latest trends, Congress Lok Sabha Candidate from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor celebrated with party workers and was seen having sweets as form of celebration. He further termed the close contest between him, BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar and CPI's Pannian Ravindran a super over and congratulated them for putting up a close fight. Speaking to ANI, Shashi Tharoor said, "I will do my best to be worthy of that trust and serve them well. I might add that World Cup T-20 might have been going in USA and West Indies but the super over was here. It was a very tight race. Let me congratulate my two rivals Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Pannian Ravindran for putting up such spirited fight that it has become such a close contest"