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The elections for president and vice-president successful respective three-tier panchayat bodies witnessed melodramatic moments and large twists. While the Left Democratic Front (LDF) secured a wide triumph successful the Palakkad territory panchayat president and vice- president polls, the contests crossed 88 grama panchayats and 13 artifact panchayats were marked by aggravated contention and unexpected developments.
The LDF secured a bulk successful 9 of the 13 artifact panchayats, portion the UDF achieved a bulk successful three. However, successful the 16-member Thrithala artifact panchayat, some fronts won 8 seats each, resulting successful a deadlock. In the gully of lots, the Thrithala artifact panchayat went to the LDF.
Out of the 88 panchayats, the LDF, which had held powerfulness successful 63 during the erstwhile term, managed to unafraid a bulk successful lone 43 this time. In the Thrithala, Koppam, Parali, Mathur, Chalavara and Kottayi panchayats, some fronts were evenly matched. In Koppam panchayat, a gully of tons resulted successful LDF’s T. V. Valsala being elected president.
In the Parali panchayat, the LDF secured the president’s post, portion the BJP claimed the vice president’s position. In Mathur panchayat, the UDF came to powerfulness done a gully of lots. In Chalavara, the panchayat represented by Local Administration Minister M.B. Rajesh, the UDF took power aft decades done a gully of lots, with Congress’s Sandhya Suresh elected arsenic president. In Chalavara, some the UDF and LDF won 8 seats each, portion the BJP secured 1 seat.
In Peringottukurissi panchayat, the Congress was ousted from powerfulness aft 60 years. The LDF has formed a power-sharing statement with erstwhile Congress person A.V. Gopinathan’s Independent Democratic Front (IDF) successful the panchayat.
In the Agali panchayat, the UDF won 10 seats, the LDF 9 and the NDA 2. Although the UDF initially had a majority, a UDF subordinate switched allegiance and, with LDF support, was elected president. UDF’s Manju C. assumed the president’s station with LDF backing, resulting successful a melodramatic upset.
