LDF supporters celebrating in Kochi outside a counting centre
NEW DELHI: In a big boost for chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), while overcoming a host of controversies, was able to outperform the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Kerala local body elections.
As per the latest trends, the UDF has been able to improve on its 2015 tally and narrowed the gap with the LDF. Likewise, the BJP also managed to fare slightly better in the three-tier structure, but fell far below its expectations as it was expecting to rule the Thiruvananthapuram corporation. Some rounds of counting are still left.
Kerala Local Body Election Results: Apolitical Twenty20 expands its electoral footprint in village panchayats
The highlight in all the four panchayats that the Twenty20 won is Aikkaranadu where its nominees bagged all the 14 wards. In Mauzhuvanoor, the forum s candidates won in 15 out of the total 19 wards in the panchayat. December 17, 2020 / 12:03 PM IST
The Kerala local body election results announced on December 16 marked the surprising surge of an apolitical forum backed by a corporate group in the Ernakulum district of the state.
Twenty20, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of Kitex Garments based in Kizhakkambalam, 20 km from Kochi city, has not only wrested Kizhakkambalam village panchayat, that it had won for the first time five years ago, but also won three more neighbouring village panchayats in the district.
UDF vote base intact compared to last local body elections: Chennithala ANI | Updated: Dec 16, 2020 23:58 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 16 (ANI): Kerala Assembly Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday said that the United Democratic Front (UDF) vote base is intact compared to the last state local body poll outcome. Compared with the last local body election, the UDF vote base is intact. Our performance is good. Definitely, the people were expecting a bigger spectacular victory because of the corrupt practices and the anti-people policies of the state government, Chennithala said at a press conference here. But one thing is very clear that the local body elections are not based completely on political issues. It is fought on personalities, local issues, local influence, family support etc. All these things are the major factors in the local body election, he added.
Local Body Elections | Kerala keeps faith in the Left
The BJP has reasons to cheer as it is slowly expanding its footprint in Kerala. The Congress needs to do some serious introspection
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The result of the local body elections in Kerala, which came out on December 16, is good news for the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), is encouraging for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), and is a setback for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).
While writing this article, the LDF is leading in 510 of the 941 gram panchayats, 35 of the 86 municipalities, 10 of the 14 district panchayats, and in four of the six corporations.
NEW DELHI: Though the BJP seems to have failed to perform impressively in the Kerala civic elections, however, it has significantly improved its 2015 tally. The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has maintained its numero uno position with the main opposition and Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), slipping but still coming second in the recently-concluded elections to village panchayats, district panchayats and municipal corporations.
Among the factors which helped the BJP improve its performance include the Sabarimala agitation and inclusive politics - fielding 600 Christian and Muslim candidates for the first time and using the services of its senior leaders belonging to the minority communities and belonging to the state.