UDF rebels offer support to the Left front in both civic bodies
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has consolidated its position both in the Thrissur and Kochi Corporations by roping in Independent candidates. With the two Corporations added to its kitty, the LDF will control five of the six Corporations in the State, leaving just Kannur to the United Democratic Front (UDF). The front won the Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kozhikode Corporations with comfortable majorities.
T.K. Ashraf, former councillor of the Indian Union Muslim League, has offered his support to the LDF in Kochi to take the tally of the alliance to 35 in the 74-member council. The five members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may keep off the Mayor election as it cannot enter into any electoral trucks with the LDF or the the 31-member UDF.
Ahead of Assembly polls, fronts to tweak strategy
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Results of local body elections to have an impact
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With the Assembly poll process set to start soon, the State is to witness another frenzied campaign in the coming months. Rival parties celebrating the victory of Elsy teacher in Ward 46 of the Manjeri municipality on Wednesday.
Results of local body elections to have an impact
With the Election Commission of India preparing for the Assembly polls in five States, including Kerala, mainline political parties leading the three fronts have also started reworking their political strategy in the elections in the State due in April-May.
UDF wrests power in 3 more municipalities
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LDF retains Vadakara, Koyilandy; it is a ‘tie’ in Mukkom
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LDF retains Vadakara, Koyilandy; it is a ‘tie’ in Mukkom
The United Democratic Front (UDF) made gains in Kozhikode district when results of the elections to the seven municipal councils were declared on Wednesday.
While the UDF retained its hold over Koduvally, it also wrested Payyoli, Ramanattukara, and Feroke from the Left Democratic Front (LDF). But the UDF could not capture power in Mukkom, where its ‘tactical tie-up’ with the Jamaat-e-Islami-backed Welfare Party of India (WPI) had snowballed into a controversy. The LDF, which was in power in all municipalities except Koduvally last time, preserved its hold on Vadakara and Koyilandy.
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LDF betters its presence in Thiruvananthapuram
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Poll outcome in two municipalities could, however, be a point for it to ponder
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It is time for jubilation for these Left Democratic Front supporters at the counting centre at Nalanchira in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. S. Mahinsha
Poll outcome in two municipalities could, however, be a point for it to ponder
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) cemented its presence in local bodies in the capital district as it improved on its performance in 2015.
The simple majority it achieved in the prestigious Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation, where it won 51 seats in the 100-ward council, could be the icing in the cake in the victory of the Communist Party of India(Marxist)-led coalition. Despite mounting a high-pitched campaign, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could manage to win only 34 seats, one short of what it had won last time. The United Democratic Front (UDF)’s pursuit to wrest cont