UDF woos Congress rebels to wrest power in four municipalities Updated: Updated: The front is short of majority in Thrikkakara, Perumbavoor, Kalamassery, and Muvattupuzha Share Article The front is short of majority in Thrikkakara, Perumbavoor, Kalamassery, and Muvattupuzha The United Democratic Front (UDF) remains confident of decisively wresting power in four municipalities in Ernakulam, where it had fallen short of a simple majority, with the help of Congress rebels who won as Independents. The UDF fell tantalisingly short of majority in Thrikkakara, Perumbavoor, Kalamassery, and Muvattupuzha municipalities. If the UDF manages that feat, its tally of municipalities will rise to eight to the Left Democratic Front’s five.