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With 3 seats abbreviated of a elemental majority, Kozhikode Corporation remains the lone large consolation for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) that has faced a setback successful the section assemblage polls successful the State, the results of which were announced connected Saturday.
The LDF won 35 of the 76 seats, portion the United Democratic Front (UDF) bagged 28 seats and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 13 seats. The UDF has staged a comeback successful the civic body, expanding its tally from 17 to 28. However, the BJP has made large gains successful the Corporation, winning 13 seats, arsenic against 7 successful 2015 and 2020.
S. Jayasree, LDF candidate successful the Kottooli division of the Kozhikode Corporation, arrives astatine the counting centre at Nadakkavu after she was declared the winner. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
S.K. Aboobakker of the UDF defeated LDF’s ‘mayoral candidate’ C.P. Musafar Ahamed successful the Meenchanda Division of the Corporation by 271 votes.
Sreeja C. Nair, NDA candidate in Mavoor Road ward of the Kozhikode Corporation, celebrating her triumph with enactment workers in Kozhikode on Saturday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
Incidentally, the UDF’s mayoral candidate, KPCC wide caput P.M. Niyas, besides tasted defeat. He was defeated by Hareesh Pottangadi of the NDA by 320 votes.
