The CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) received an upper hand in the by-elections for 23 local body wards in the state by acquiring five more seats compared to their previous count, thereby extending their tally to 10.
LDF gets upper hand in local body bypolls in Kerala
The CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) received an upper hand in the by-elections for 23 local body wards in the state by acquiring five more seats compared to their previous count, thereby extending their tally to 10. The LDF, which had five seats, won 10 seats, including an Independent candidate backed by the LDF.
While the UDF won 10 seats, the BJP emerged victorious on three seats. The UDF tally fell from the 13 last time to 10 while the LDF increased its count from five to 10. The BJP saw its tally slip from four to three.
Though the LDF and the UDF won 10 seats each in the by-elections for 23 local body wards, the LDF had more reasons to cheer as it managed to wrest a number of seats from both the UDF and BJP. It may be noted that the LDF shrugged off the anti-incumbency factor and emerged victorious in five more seats in the by-elections held on Wednesday.
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The LDF wrested Kalpaka Nagar in Nedumbassery panchayat in Ernakulam district, Pathiyarkulangara in Mullasseri panchayat in Thrissur and Mammakunnu in Muzupilangad panchayat in Kannur district from the UDF. In Eruthenpathy panchayat in Palakkad district, LDF-backed Independent Martin Antony won the Pidarimed ward which was held by the UDF.
The LDF wrested the Vellar ward in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Kunnanad in Ottasekharamangalam Gram Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district, and Kariyode in Chadayamangalam panchayat in Kollam from the BJP.
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