Tough fight likely in assembly seats in Kerala s Wayanad By Jisha PJ | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 00:17 IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], April 5 (ANI): As campaigning for the assembly polls ended in Kerala on Sunday, a tough fight is expected in the three assembly constituencies in Wayanad district.
Nestled on the Western Ghats, the district shot to national fame after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Wayanad parliamentary constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Although Wayanad elected Gandhi, it will not be a cakewalk for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in this assembly poll.
Sulthan Bathery, Kalpetta and Mananthavady are the three assembly constituencies in Wayanad. Sulthan Bathery and Mananthavady are reserved for the Scheduled Tribe community, while Kalpetta is the single general assembly segment in Wayanad.
140 seats up for grabs in Kerala, but can BJP dent state’s bipolar politics?
140 seats up for grabs in Kerala, but can BJP dent state’s bipolar politics?
140 seats are going to the polls in a single phase of Kerala Assembly elections on April 6. Though the main contenders are CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front and Congress-led United Democratic Front, the BJP is hoping to pull off a major upset.
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UPDATED: April 4, 2021 18:40 IST
Though the main contenders for the 140 seats are LDF and UDF, the BJP is hoping to pull off a major upset.
The year 2016 was when the BJP won a seat in Kerala for the first time. Party veteran O Rajagopal won from Nemom after receiving 67,813 votes. In seven other constituencies Manjeshwar, Kasargod, Chathannur, Malampuzha, Palakkad, Kazhakkoottam and Vattiyoorkavu the BJP had come second.
BJP Builds Fences with Kerala’s Christians Support grows
Thiruvananthapuram: In the midst of hectic electioneering in Kerala is sitting MLA P.C. George who is contesting his seventh consecutive Assembly elections from Kerala s Christian belt Kottayam-Ernakulam-Pathanamthitta.
Located at the foothills of Western Ghats, Erattupetta forms part of Poonjar Assembly Constituency, which elected George in the last six elections without judging him for switching political affiliations at regular intervals between Kerala s ruling CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF), opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP.
George is now confident of winning the seat this year again with the tacit support of both the BJP and the region s all-powerful Catholic Church. Poonjar is a Christian majority constituency while Erattupetta remains a strong Muslim pocket within it.