Kerala assembly polls: No consolidation of minority Muslim votes for any front SECTIONS Share Synopsis One key factor in the battle for minority votes this election has been the growing support base for LDF and particularly the chief minister among minorities due to the strident opposition taken by LDF government against the Citizenship Amendment Act. UDF is likely to benefit from the decision of Welfare Party to contest in only 19 seats as opposed to 41 seats in 2016. (This story originally appeared in on Apr 05, 2021)KOZHIKODE: The 2019 Parliament election, which saw the UDF sweeping even Left citadels in Malabar, was powered by a massive consolidation of minority Muslim votes in favour of it after minorities saw in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had made in foray in Wayanad, a bulwark against the BJP regime in Delhi. But, as the assembly election campaign wrapped up, there seems to be no such discernible one-sided consolidation of Muslim votes in Malabar in favour or against UDF or LDF.