Ahead of state polls, LDF gets big local-body boost in Kerala
The LDF won five of the six Municipal Corporations; the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), which had won two the last time, won only one. Updated: December 17, 2020 11:01:09 am
The Left made major advances in the District Panchayats, winning 10 out of 14; the score was 7-7 the last time. Of the 152 Block Panchayats, the Left won 104, relegating the UDF to just 44.
Only a few months before Assembly elections in Kerala, the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) received a shot in the arm on Wednesday, making major gains in local body elections in the state.
Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 15:11 IST
With around 55 per cent of the panchayats, 10 district panchayats, five corporations and 108 block panchayats in its kitty, the verdict is a confidence booster for the left front. LDF workers celebrating the local body polls in Thiruvananthapuram
Key Highlights
Several factors have contributed to the LDF win. The entry of LJD and KC(M) Jose K Mani faction has paid off.
Its selection of candidates, systematic campaigning, addressing infighting and stitching up pragmatic political alliances helped it a lot.
The CPM has attributed the victory to its development perspective, performance and secular democratic views.
Thiruvananthapuram: The local body election results that gave an upper hand for the ruling LDF (Left Democratic Front) amidst various allegations levelled against senior cabinet ministers and party affiliates is widely observed as a major ‘confidence booster’ for the ruling party who is set to face the
Kerala’s ruling Left beats Congress, BJP and smear campaign LDF retained the Kozhikode, Kollam, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram corporations and wrested the coveted Kochi corporation in the local body polls
Kerala’s ruling Left on Wednesday dominated the local body polls months before the Assembly elections, basing its campaign on its performance in the face of an Opposition smear campaign that rode on financial controversies involving people close to senior Marxist leaders.
The Left Democratic Front retained the Kozhikode, Kollam, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram corporations and wrested the coveted Kochi corporation from the Congress-led United Democratic Front, which retained Kannur alone among the six larger civic bodies.
Malappuram gives UDF reason to cheer
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Front makes emphatic victories in municipalities
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Front makes emphatic victories in municipalities
The United Democratic Front (UDF) staged a sterling performance in the elections to the three-tier local bodies in Malappuram district by winning 26 of the 32 district panchayat divisions, 12 of the 15 block panchayats, nine of the 12 municipalities and 74 of the 94 grama panchayats on Wednesday.
While the UDF recaptured power in Tirur Municipality from the LDF, it lost power in Nilambur Municipality. The Congress lost power in Nilambur after several terms, thanks to the tactical ‘independent’ move by the LDF.
When the LDF retained power in Ponnani and Perinthalmanna municipalities in the district, the UDF made emphatic victories in Kondotty, Kottakkal, Parappanangadi, Tirurangadi, Valanchery, Malappuram, Manjeri, Tirur and Tanur municpalities.
LDF continues its winning streak in Kozhikode district
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UDF fails to maintain strategy adopted in Lok Sabha polls
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LDF workers rejoicing on the party s victory in Kozhikode Corporation on Wednesday. | Photo Credit:
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UDF fails to maintain strategy adopted in Lok Sabha polls
Bucking the anti-incumbency trend, the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) almost swept the three-tier local body polls in Kozhikode district. The LDF won the Kozhikode Corporation and the District Panchayat, both with two-third majority in style like last time. Left parties, which have been ruling the Kozhikode Corporation for the past 45 years, could counter the campaigns of both the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP-led National Democratic Front (NDA) in the district. The Left front also won 10 out of the 12 block panchayats and emerged victorious in 43 out of the 70 grama panchayats. At the same time, it could retain only two mun