Missed Opportunity: UDF s Mayoral Candidate N Venugopal Loses to BJP Rival by Just 1 Vote
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In an ironic turn of events for the UDF in the Kochi Corporation’s North Island ward, N Venugopal, seen as the mayoral candidate of the Congress, lost to his BJP rival by just one vote.
Counting of votes for the Kerala local body elections 2020 is underway. The Congress was looking to nominate a strong leader from its I group as the candidate for the post of mayor. The UDF has been ruling the Kochi corporation for the past 10 years.
Venugopal was contesting from Island North this time, rather than the neighbouring Island South, from where he posted victories in 2005 and 2010. The Congress leader who has also represented the combined division of Island North and Island South in 2000, when the two areas were yet to be constituted as separate divisions, was confident of a win.
Kerala Local Body Election Results 2020: Counting of votes for 21,893 wards to begin at 8 am today Polling for the third and final phase of the local body polls concluded on 14 December with an overall turnout of 78.62 percent FP Staff December 16, 2020 00:11:45 IST
The Kerala State Election Commission will begin counting of votes today at 8 am for 21,893 wards in 1,200 local bodies which went to polls in three phases.
Seen as a pointer to the upcoming Assembly elections, the local body polls have generated a lot of interest both in Kerala as well as outside the state.
While the ruling LDF is hoping for an iconic victory banking on the welfare measures taken during the COVID-19
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A total of 98,57,208 voters including 51,28,361 women and 93 transgenders, would exercise their franchise to elect representatives for 8,116 wards of 451 local bodies in Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad and Wayanad districts.