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A UDF bastion that went the LDF way last time Updated: Updated: In 2016, K.J. Maxi won by a slender margin of 1,086 votes Share Article In 2016, K.J. Maxi won by a slender margin of 1,086 votes When the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate K.J. Maxi won from the Kochi constituency in the last Assembly election, it was an aberration of sorts. For, the constituency in its earlier avatar as Mattancherry and then as Kochi from the 2011 Assembly election following the delimitation exercise, has always been a United Democratic Front (UDF) bastion. Before Mr. Maxi’s victory, the LDF was able to breach it only in 1996 when M.A. Thomas emerged victorious as an LDF-backed Independent. But even Mr. Maxi’s victory was by a slender margin of 1,086 votes despite the rumblings within the Congress against the candidature of Dominic Presentation. That the Congress rebel candidate M.J. Leenus and even NOTA (None Of The Above) polled 7,588 votes and 1,002 v ....
In Muvattupuzha, unpredictable shifts in voting patterns Updated: Updated: The Assembly constituency has always kept the major fronts on tenterhooks Share Article The Assembly constituency has always kept the major fronts on tenterhooks The electoral fortunes of political parties in the Muvattupuzha Assembly constituency have kept changing, ever since its formation in 1957. Political observers attribute this to a predominantly well-educated population and a balanced mix of different communities in the largely agricultural region. The unpredictable shifts in voting patterns during the past two decades have kept both the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) on tenterhooks till poll results were announced. ....