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As the last database of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls is ready, 10 of the 13 incumbent MLAs successful Kozhikode territory are seeking re-election. There is nary pistillate campaigner from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] this time, and 3 councillors successful the Kozhikode Corporation person thrown their chapeau into the ringing arsenic well.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) had 11 MLAs and the United Democratic Front (UDF) had 2 elected representatives present aft the 2021 elections. Koyilandy MLA Kanathil Jameela of the CPI(M) passed distant successful November 2025. E.K. Vijayan of the Communist Party of India (CPI), who has been representing the Nadapuram constituency since 2011, is not contesting this time. Also, M.K. Muneer, incumbent MLA for Koduvally, has been dropped from the UDF candidates’ list.
Except them, each the incumbent legislators are present seeking a mandate again.
BJP erstwhile State president P.S. Sreedharan Pillai receiving T. Raneesh, BJP campaigner from the Kozhikode South Assembly constituency, successful Kozhikode connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
The candidature of K.K. Rema of the Revolutionary Marxist Party, who won from Vadakara past clip with UDF support, was announced connected Wednesday. Earlier, the CPI(M) and its allies had declared the candidature of each their incumbent MLAs but those mentioned above. In Koyilandy, K. Dasan, erstwhile MLA, has been fielded. In Nadapuram, the LDF campaigner from the CPI is P. Vasantham. The UDF has chosen Muslim Youth League person P.K. Firos for Koduvally.
Woman candidates
Meanwhile, determination are nary pistillate candidates from the CPI(M) successful the LDF list. The lone pistillate campaigner from the beforehand is Ms. Vasantham. In the UDF, determination are 3 pistillate candidates — Fathima Thahiliya of the IUML successful Perambra, Vidya Balakrishnan of the Congress successful Elathur, and Ms. Rema successful Vadakara. The National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) lone pistillate campaigner is Navya Haridas successful Kozhikode North.
Another absorbing information is the beingness of 3 sitting councillors successful the Kozhikode Corporation successful the election: T. Raneesh (Kozhikode South) and Ms. Haridas of the NDA and Ms. Thahiliya of the UDF.
