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The electoral crippled program of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) successful the Vypeen constituency failed to output the desired result, with Tony Chammany of the United Democratic Front (UDF) signaling a decisive triumph by a borderline of 15,648 votes implicit M.B. Shiny of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] successful the coastal constituency.
Mr. Chammany of the Congress, a erstwhile Mayor of the Kochi Corporation, secured a full of 66,112 votes, portion Ms. Shiny trailed with 50,464 votes. Twenty20’s Anitha Thomas, who contested connected the National Democratic Alliance ticket, secured 13,637 votes. With his victory, Mr. Chammany, who had mislaid from the Kochi constituency successful 2021, has breached a Left bastion successful the district, arsenic Vypeen has elected lone CPI(M) candidates since the constituency came into beingness successful 2011 pursuing the 2008 delimitation.
The CPI(M) fielded Ms. Shiny aft shifting incumbent MLA K.N. Unnikrishnan to Thripunithura. The enactment was hoping to pat into Ms. Shiny’s popularity among section radical to clasp Vypeen and currency successful connected Mr. Unnikrishnan’s power among cardinal sections to wrest Thripunithura from the UDF. However, the program failed arsenic the Left Front mislaid some seats, with the UDF sweeping each 14 constituencies successful the district.
