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O. Sadasivan of Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] was elected Mayor of the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation connected Friday (December 26, 2025). He was pitched against S.K. Aboobakker of the Indian National Congress and Nambidi Narayanan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful the archetypal circular of polling, successful which they scored 35, 28 and 13 votes respectively.
Mr. Narayanan was eliminated for the 2nd circular of polling successful which BJP councillors stayed out. The 2 apical candidates scored 33 and 28 votes respectively, portion 2 were rejected.
Meanwhile, S. Jayasree of the CPI(M) was elected lawman politician successful a abstracted predetermination held successful the afternoon. She had contention from Fathima Thehlia of the Indian Union Muslim League and Navya Haridas of the BJP for the station reserved for women this time. The process was the aforesaid arsenic the 1 for the Mayor’s post. The candidates bagged 35, 28 and 13 votes respectively successful the archetypal circular aft which Ms. Haridas was eliminated. In the last round, Ms. Jayasree bagged 35 and Ms. Thehlia bagged 28 votes respectively, portion BJP councillors did not formed their votes.
District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh was the presiding serviceman for some the elections. He administered the oath to Mr. Sadasivan who successful crook administered the oath to Ms. Jayasree.
Addressing the media later, Mr. Sadasivan said the full assembly would enactment unneurotic for the improvement of the city, and that a stronger Opposition was a affirmative factor. He said helium would strive to resoluteness issues related to sewage attraction plants, shifting of the Palayam market, and respective pending projects done discussions.
He added that discarded absorption was of utmost precedence adjacent for the caller council, and that arsenic a husbandman himself, helium had peculiar involvement successful introducing projects successful the agriculture assemblage that would really payment the public.
