IUML announces candidates for posts of civic body chiefs
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The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has announced its presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Malappuram District Panchayat and block panchayats. IUML district president and parliamentary party chairman Sayed Sadikali Shihab Thangal made the announcement here on Tuesday. The elections to the three-tier panchayats will take place on Wednesday.
M.K. Rafeeka is the United Democratic Front (UDF)’s candidate for District Panchayat President. Ismail Moothedam is the candidate for the vice president. Sareena Haseeb and Naseeba Thappy will be IUML’s standing committee chairpersons in the District Panchayat. The UDF has won 27 of the 32 seats in the District Panchayat.
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Manjeri Municipality recorded highest turnout; 78% polling recorded in district
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Mathan, a Cholanaikar voter from the Manjeri tribal colony in the Karulai forest range, showing his ink-smeared finger at a polling station at Nedumgayam, near Nilambur, on Monday.
Manjeri Municipality recorded highest turnout; 78% polling recorded in district
More than 26.37 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the three-tier civic bodies in Malappuram district on Monday. When the official figures were released at 7 p.m., the district had recorded 78.81% polling.
Women turned up in large numbers, outnumbering men at many polling stations, and formed long queues from morning. As many as 3,975 polling stations had been arranged for 33.55 lakh voters spread in 15 block panchayats and 12 municipalities in the district.