2021 TN Polls: DMK-IUML-MML alliance jittery over Owaisi s entry
Owaisi s AIMIM had contested elections to Tamil Nadu assembly in 2016 and had garnered 10,000 votes
Saturday March 6, 2021 5:33 PM, IANS
Chennai: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) and its leader MK Stalin have been on a high with the possibility of support from the state s Muslims in the upcoming assembly polls.
The DMK s alliance with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (MMK), the two major Muslim political parties, has made them optimistic.
But the announcement by Asaddudin Owaisi that his party, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), will contest elections on 25 seats may turn out to be a concern for the DMK.
But the announcement by Asaddudin Owaisi that his party, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AiMIM) will contest elections on 25 seats may turn out to be a concern for the DMK. The
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A UDF bastion that went the LDF way last time
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In 2016, K.J. Maxi won by a slender margin of 1,086 votes
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In 2016, K.J. Maxi won by a slender margin of 1,086 votes When the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate K.J. Maxi won from the Kochi constituency in the last Assembly election, it was an aberration of sorts.
For, the constituency in its earlier avatar as Mattancherry and then as Kochi from the 2011 Assembly election following the delimitation exercise, has always been a United Democratic Front (UDF) bastion.
Before Mr. Maxi’s victory, the LDF was able to breach it only in 1996 when M.A. Thomas emerged victorious as an LDF-backed Independent. But even Mr. Maxi’s victory was by a slender margin of 1,086 votes despite the rumblings within the Congress against the candidature of Dominic Presentation. That the Congress rebel candidate M.J. Leenus and even NOTA (None Of The Above) polled 7,588 votes and 1,002 votes respectively put the r
Vallikkunnu, an IUML bastion by default
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Part of Malappuram LS constituency, Vallikkunnu
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Part of Malappuram LS constituency, Vallikkunnu
Though it has been barely a decade since the Vallikkunnu Assembly constituency came into existence, it has clearly expressed its political affiliations. The constituency had favoured Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in the last two Assembly polls.
Part of the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency, Vallikkunnu was formed as part of the delimitation in 2010 and consists of Chelembra, Pallikkal, Peruvallur, Thenhipalam, Vallikkunnu and Munniyur grama panchayats of Malappuram district, most of which was part of the Thirurangadi Assembly constituency and the rest part of the Kondotty Assembly constituency before the delimitation.